StartUp Health NOW Podcast Podcast

10 Years Later: A Health Tech Investor Reflects on Her Early Days at StartUp Health from 2023-12-07T18:55:13

Ten years ago, Irem Rami became one of the first Fellows to join StartUp Health. In her role she helped vet the very first companies to join our community. That was back when it seemed very audacio...

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How Two Founders Are Using AI to Tackle Wasteful Healthcare Spending from 2023-11-30T14:48:55

On this StartUp Health NOW episode, we’re talking about wasteful spending in healthcare. This is one of those topics that’s hard to put in perspective. The institute of medicine says that 30% of he...

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Thriving Seniors: How These Founders Are Upgrading Senior Care from Early Disease Detection to Care Coordination from 2023-11-22T17:19:12

Alzheimer’s is a terrible disease. It’s the most common cause of dementia, impacting around 55 million people globally. It’s a leading of death for the elderly, but mortality isn’t the worst thing ...

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Food as Medicine: The Next Wave of Tech-Enabled Nutrition from 2023-11-16T22:38:15

At StartUp Health we’re all about what’s new and what’s next in health, and that often means talking about cutting-edge technology. But sometimes the most radical way to improve is also the simples...

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Why Wingwomen Took the Leap from Virtual Support to Real-World Care for Reproductive Health from 2023-11-10T00:01:15

When Adonica Shaw founded Wingwomen, it was to address a very specific, personal need. Shaw had experienced a difficult pregnancy – preeclampsia turned an otherwise healthy pregnancy into a medical...

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Neolth Teams Up with NBA Star Kenny Thomas to Bring Mental Health Tools to Kids from 2023-11-02T21:27:48

According to some estimates, out of the HHS, nearly 50% of kids have experienced some kind of mental health challenge. And not just anxiety about an upcoming test or depression over a breakup, but ...

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These Founders Are Pairing AI + SDoH to Re-humanize Healthcare from 2023-10-26T17:38:11

Our episode this week was recorded during our StartUp Health Studio interviews at the recent HLTH conference in Las Vegas. At the event, a hot topic was how artificial intelligence, specifically ge...

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A Deep Dive with Jetsweat Founders: Bridging the Gap from Physical to Emotional Fitness from 2023-10-19T21:36:01

This week’s StartUp Health NOW podcast episode is a conversation with Health Transformers Alexandra Dantzig and Erin Frankel, the co-founders of Jetsweat. As you'll hear, their company started out ...

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Quantifying Mental Health: How Mobio Interactive Is Unleashing Precision Psychiatry at Scale from 2023-10-05T11:57

There's a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in business: “You can't manage what you can't measure.” It's a quote attributed to Peter Drucker, the famed management consultant.‌ If business leade...

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Virtual Reality for Brain Health: Virtuleap’s New Platform Uses VR to Detect Cognitive Decline Early from 2023-09-28T13:10:40

Our StartUp Health NOW guest this week is Amir Bozorgzadeh, CEO&Co-founder of Virtuleap, a brain health company that joined StartUp Health in 2019. Headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, and expanding ...

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How GO-Pen’s“Insulin Pen for All”Is Making High-Quality T1D Care Globally Accessible from 2023-09-22T17:33:34

Our StartUp Health NOW guest this week is Ole Kjerkegaard Nielsen, PhD, CEO&Co-founder of GO-Pen, a company in our Type 1 Diabetes Moonshot community. As you'll hear, Nielsen and his team based in ...

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10-Year Overnight Success: UnaliWear Tops Wirecutter List of Medical Alert Systems from 2023-09-14T20:28:49

We’re back with a new season of the StartUp Health NOW podcast! This week we’re chatting with Richard Hirsch from UnaliWear. UnaliWear, under the guidance of CEO&Founder Jean Anne Booth, is a long-...

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From the Archives: Naheed Kurji of Recursion Takes a Deep Dive into Artificial Intelligence for Drug Discovery from 2023-08-30T16:36:50

For this StartUp Health NOW episode, we dive back into an interview we did with a long-time Health Transformer, Naheed Kurji. At the time of the interview, Naheed was the CEO, President&Co-founder ...

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From the Archives: Why Media Giant Jon Miller, Former CEO at AOL and IAC, Joined StartUp Health’s Board of Directors from 2023-08-24T20:28:29

As we gear up for the launch of the next season of this podcast, which will drop after Labor Day, we're bringing you replays of favorite episodes from the past. This week, we're featuring a convers...

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From the Archives: Dr. Robert Wilson on How Partnering with PreventScripts Enhanced His Medical Practice from 2023-08-09T13:31:58

Typically on this show we talk to the health tech founders – who we call Health Transformers – that are creating the tools and platforms that will modernize our health system. Or we talk to top inv...

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From the Archives: Aaron Kowalski, PhD, CEO of JDRF, Brings His Professional&Personal Experience to StartUp Health’s T1D Moonshot Impact Board from 2023-08-04T15:13:09

For this StartUp Health NOW episode, we are taking a look back at a great episode featuring Aaron Kowalski, PhD, the CEO of JDRF International. Anyone orbiting in the universe of Type 1 diabetes kn...

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From the Archives: A Look at How Andreessen Horowitz Invests in the Future of Health from 2023-07-27T16:34:41

On this week’s StartUp Health NOW, we look back at one of our most-popular podcast episodes: a chat with Julie Yoo, a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz – where she leads investments in healthc...

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Scaling Your Health Tech Business to $100 Million, Featuring Sofia Guerra of Bessemer Venture Partners from 2023-07-21T15:37:03

On our episode today we are getting down into the details, deep the weeds, in order to understand what it takes to scale a healthcare business to $100M. For that wisdom we turned to Sofia Guerra, a...

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How Avanlee Care Is Teaming Up with Retailers to Address the Caregiver Crisis from 2023-07-14T17:01:23

Our podcast guest this week is Avanlee Christine, CEO and Co-founder of Avanlee Care, a company that joined StartUp Health in 2022. A few years ago Avanlee found herself helping to coordinate care ...

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Two Top Health Investors Share Their 2023 Tips for Founders from 2023-07-06T18:44:31

Whether they like it or not - and they probably don’t – every health tech founder needs to think about money. How much they need, and how to get it. For many founders, raising outside funds becomes...

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Maximizing Your Impact: Building and Leading a Strategic Board from 2023-06-30T16:50:58

Our guest this week is Matt Blumberg, CEO and Co-founder at Bolster. He’s the author of the books “Startup CEO,” “Startup CXO,” and most recently “Startup Boards.” That last one was why we wanted ...

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(Re)Meet Pelago: Well-Funded Quit Genius Rebrands to Make Addiction Treatment More Accessible from 2023-06-15T18:52:12

When we first met today’s StartUp Heatlh NOW podcast guest, he was a newly-minted doctorpreneur. After finishing med school Yusuf Sherwani, MD, teamed up with a couple fellow doctors to tackle a ma...

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How Health Tech Startups Can Launch with Government Contracts from 2023-06-09T16:50:09

So you’re healthcare founder who has designed and built, by the sweat of your brow, a new platform or product that can help people live longer, healthier lives. Now, you just need to get it into pe...

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How These FemTech Founders Are Upgrading Below-the-Belt Health from 2023-06-02T22:00:21

For years we’ve tracked investment trends at StartUp Health and talked quarter after quarter about how women’s health has been underfunded. Finally, that is changing, and more founders and more fun...

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How These Entrepreneurs Are Empowering Community-Based Healthcare from 2023-05-25T16:20:35

Some startups provide tools directly consumers and patients while others tackle issues in the hospital, at the other end of the care journey. Our two guests today, Dr. Scott Kaiser from Determined...

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Safer, Faster, Smarter: How Entrepreneurs Are Upgrading Hospital Tech from 2023-05-19T15:28:59

Welcome to StartUp Health NOW, the podcast where we celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators who are transforming health. So when you go to the hospital for care, you accept that the outcome isn'...

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Creative Collaborations: Bringing Next-Gen Alzheimer’s Tech to West Africa from 2023-05-12T16:11:58

One of the words that gets thrown around so much at StartUp Health that you might get tired of hearing it is'collaboration.'We say it a lot. However, you’ll only get sick of the word if you think i...

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Unpluq Helps People Get Off Their Screens and Back into Life from 2023-05-03T14:25:44

Our StartUp Health NOW guest this week is Caroline Cadwell, the CEO and Co-founder of Unpluq – a Dutch company that joined StartUp Health in 2021. Unpluq is on a mission to empower people to change...

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How These Two Founders Are Upgrading Maternal Health Through Cultural Competence and Remote Monitoring from 2023-04-27T16:30:56

Today in the United States, we do an entirely poor job of taking care of our pregnant mothers. If you look at statistics like maternal morbidity and mortality, it's been going up. And, through the ...

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How Lifestores Is Using Their $3M Raise to Upgrade Drug Procurement in West Africa from 2023-04-20T17:51:27

Our guest this week is Andrew Garza, co-founder of Lifestores Healthcare, a company that joined StartUp Health in 2019. When Andrew and his co-founder Bryan Mezue were launching their business in ...

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Welcome to the Genomic Medicine Revolution from 2023-04-14T16:47:08

On this episode of StartUp Health NOW, we’re talking with Jo Bhakdi, CEO&Founder of Quantgene, a company that joined StartUp Health in 2019. Bhakdi and his team have made a name for themselves by o...

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ChatGPT Was Just the Beginning: Victor Wang on the Future of AI in Healthcare from 2023-04-06T15:28:56

Victor Wang, CEO&Founder of StartUp Health company care.coach, is at the tip of the spear of the AI-in-health revolution. He’s got an insider’s understanding of how technology like ChatGPT will sha...

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How Scan.com Is Using Their Recent Series A Funding to Break into the US Market from 2023-03-24T19:11:12

On this week's StartUp Health NOW podcast episode, we sat down with Charlie Bullock, the CEO and Co-founder of Scan.com, which is, to oversimplify, an online marketplace for diagnostic imaging serv...

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Cybersecurity: How Startups Can Stay Secure as Healthcare Ransomware Attacks Skyrocket from 2023-03-17T18:23:13

According to multiple news sources, cyber attacks surged in 2022. That doesn’t necessarily surprise anyone, but what may be a surprise is learning that healthcare is the most targeted sector. Turns...

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Expanding Globally: How This African Startup Is Building a Roadmap for the US Market from 2023-03-10T19:05:27

Welcome to StartUp Health NOW, the podcast where we celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators who are transforming health. One of our favorite things about the StartUp Health community of nearly ...

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Prioritizing Health Equity Through Sustained Action and Equitable Innovation from 2023-03-03T22:05:32

Last year StartUp Health launched a Health Equity Moonshot with the goal of creating a guiding equity framework for how we support health startups. That work has been led by our Chief Impact Office...

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How One Founder Raised $5M to Help Women Detect Breast Cancer Earlier from 2023-02-24T18:09:38

On this StartUp Health NOW episode, we go to Portland, Oregon, to meet a Health Transformer helping women assess their risk for breast cancer. We chat with Kaitlin Christine, CEO&Founder of Gabbi, ...

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New Hubs for Health Innovation: Why These Health Transformers Are Building Their Startups in Columbus, Pittsburgh&Baltimore from 2023-02-17T18:50:59

Every quarter we publish a little thing called the StartUp Health Insights report. It’s all about health innovation funding, and one of the data points we track is where in the world health innovat...

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Inside Healthcare Sales: Building a Revenue Strategy for Your Health Moonshot from 2023-02-10T17:33:05

Welcome to StartUp Health NOW, the podcast where we celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators who are transforming health. As we've reported recently, the health tech funding landscape has tighten...

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Raising My First Million: The Health Moonshot Mindsets&Tactics That Helped Perceiv AI Close $1.5M During a Down Market from 2023-02-02T22:48:23

Welcome to StartUp Health NOW, the podcast where we celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators who are transforming health. It’s no secret that 2022 was a down year for health innovation funding. ...

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Facing the Music: Critical Lessons in Healthcare Leadership from 2023-01-27T19:07:23

Welcome to StartUp Health NOW, the podcast where we celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators who are transforming health. What can music teach us about the confusing, inspiring, sometimes frustra...

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Is Value-Based Care Finally at a Tipping Point? Cityblock and Enlace Health Share Thoughts from StartUp Health @ HLTH from 2022-11-23T18:33:42

Welcome to StartUp Health NOW, the podcast where we celebrate the entrepreneurs and innovators transforming the future of health. Value-based care has the dubious distinction of being the oldest n...

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Why Any Digital Health Startup Needs an Interoperability Strategy w/ Troy Bannister, Particle Health from 2022-11-08T16:46:46

Troy Bannister is the CEO&Founder of Particle Health, a StartUp Health portfolio company that is shaping the new standard of healthcare data exchange with a user-friendly API platform. Fresh off th...

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Sue Siegel, Former CEO of GE Ventures and Chief Innovation Officer at GE, Joins StartUp Health’s Impact Board to Advance Health Moonshots from 2022-11-01T16:17:39

In this week's StartUp Health NOW episode, we continue a series we’ve been running where we sit down with members of StartUp Health’s Impact Board to learn a bit about their stories and why they’re...

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Aaron Kowalski, PhD, CEO of JDRF, Brings His Professional&Personal Experience to StartUp Health’s T1D Moonshot Impact Board from 2022-10-25T13:30:07

For this StartUp Health NOW episode, we are joined by Aaron Kowalski, PhD, the CEO of JDRF International. Anyone orbiting in the universe of Type 1 diabetes will know that JDRF is the world’s large...

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AI-Powered Health: Naheed Kurji of Cyclica Takes a Deep Dive into Artificial Intelligence for the Healthcare Industry from 2022-10-18T14:49:24

Our guest this week is Naheed Kurji, the CEO and Co-founder of Cyclica, which joined StartUp Health way back in 2014. He’s going to get us up to speed on the world of AI-powered drug discovery. We’...

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How to Partner with Investors to Grow&Scale Your Company w/ Cheryl Cheng, CEO&Founder of Vive Collective from 2022-10-11T15:37:23

This week we welcome Cheryl Cheng to the interview chair. Cheryl is the CEO&Founder of Vive Collective. Previously Cheryl was a Partner at BlueRun Ventures, one of the top VC firms in Silicon Valle...

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How Brian Neman Has Cultivated an Award-Winning Workplace at Sanguine Biosciences from 2022-10-04T13:35:44

This week, our guest is Brian Neman, the CEO and Founder of Sanguine Biosciences, a company that joined the StartUp Health portfolio in 2018. Brian and his team first made a splash by bringing an ...

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Health Innovation Implementation: Dr. Robert Wilson on How Partnering with PreventScripts Enhanced His Medical Practice from 2022-09-27T13:19:20

Typically on this show we talk to the health tech founders – who we call Health Transformers – that are creating the tools and platforms that will modernize our health system. This week we have a d...

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KP Yelpaala Shares the Mission&Vision Behind StartUp Health’s Health Equity Moonshot from 2022-09-20T14:42:15

As our listeners will know, StartUp Health invests in what we call health moonshots. These are big, audacious health goals that guide us as we push innovative health entrepreneurs — our global army...

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The Future of Virtual Health, with Amwell’s Dr. Roy Schoenberg&Murray Brozinsky from 2022-09-13T14:00:10

We’ve talked extensively on this podcast about how COVID ushered in a period of rapid adoption of telemedicine. According to McKinsey, we went from around 11% of people using telehealth to around 4...

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Why Jon Miller, Former CEO at AOL and IAC, Joined StartUp Health’s Board of Directors from 2022-09-06T15:11:39

Jon Miller is best known for being a former CEO of AOL, Head of Digital Media at News Corp, and Chief Executive of the media powerhouse IAC. With all of that experience in media, Miller might seem...

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Affectifi’s ThinkHuman Platform Uses Streaming TV to Make Emotional Regulation Easy, Fun, and Accessible from 2022-08-30T12:06:40

Emotional regulation. It’s a fancy term for something very simple, and something we often take for granted. Emotional regulation is a person's ability to effectively manage and respond to an emotio...

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At Trusty.care, Joseph Schneier Is Building a Better Infrastructure for Medicaid and Medicare Benefits from 2022-08-23T17:01:48

This week on StartUp Health NOW we’re talking to Joseph Schneier, the CEO and Co-founder of Trusty.care, a company that joined StartUp Health in 2018. Joseph holds a special place here at StartUp H...

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Salvo Health: Travelocity and Foursquare Exec Jeff Glueck Has Raised $10.5M to Disrupt the GI Health Market from 2022-08-16T18:36:07

In health innovation – which is the world we inhabit at StartUp Health – there are certain issues that get the lion’s share of attention. Think wearables for tracking daily activity or new mental h...

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Former Dexcom Exec Claudia Graham Joins StartUp Health’s New T1D Moonshot Impact Board from 2022-08-09T18:01:09

"The more you know, the better you’ll do living with diabetes,"says Claudia Graham."There's nothing more important in diabetes than empowering patients."If you follow StartUp Health at all, you hav...

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Dr. Toyin Ajayi, Cityblock Health: Building and Scaling a Company With an Impactful Mission from 2022-08-02T17:46:03

Toyin Ajayi, MD, co-founded Cityblock Health in 2017 with the goal of meeting patients where they are. Cityblock Health, which joined StartUp Health in 2019, provides patients with 24/7 support and...

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Dr. Tracy Dennis-Tiwary of Wise Therapeutics Shares How to Use Your Anxiety to Thrive from 2022-07-26T14:14:41

Our guest this week, Tracy Dennis-Tiwary, PhD, doesn’t pull any punches. She’s the co-founder of Wise Therapeutics, which joined StartUp Health last year, and author of the new book Why Anxiety is ...

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Storytelling: A Key Driver of Value Creation, with Jared Bloom of 4th and King from 2022-07-19T12:21:33

Health Transformers – what we call the entrepreneurs that we invest in and work with every day at StartUp Health – didn’t get into this business to create pitch decks. They didn’t start their compa...

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David Weingard Breaks Down the Mission and Vision of StartUp Health’s New T1D Moonshot from 2022-07-12T16:39:23

This week’s episode is a conversation with a very special guest, David Weingard. For years StartUp Health backed his work as a founder as he built up a startup called Cecelia Health that provides a...

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From the Archives: Practical Tips and Wisdom From the Gates Foundation from 2022-07-05T16:33:38

One year ago, we chatted with Annie Ye, the Program Manager of Digital Health Innovation at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation during a StartUp Health Fireside Chat in front of an audience of He...

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BUA FIT Hits One Million Engagements in Support of Outdoor Fitness from 2022-06-28T15:57:18

One in four adults is physically inactive according to a global health study published in the Lancet a few years ago. That’s an enormous number. It doesn’t take much research or imagination to figu...

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Lactation Lab Gets FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to Help Babies Get the Nutrition They Need from 2022-06-21T16:22:17

Our guest this week is Stephanie Canale, MD, the CEO&Founder of Lactation Lab, which StartUp Health backed in 2019. As a family doctorand as a mother, Dr. Canale saw firsthand the challenges faced...

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Living the Moonshot Mindset, with Lee Shapiro of 7wireVentures from 2022-06-14T16:00:57

This week we bring you a conversation between Unity Stoakes, President&Co-founder of StartUp Health, and a very special guest, long-time StartUp Health investor, collaborator, and friend Lee Shapir...

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How Health Innovation Startups Can Partner with Anthem from 2022-06-07T15:44:45

In health innovation, you can have the most amazing idea and a rock-solid business plan, but in order toscale, you might still need to find the right enterprise partner. Topping this list for many ...

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With Particle Health’s API, Troy Bannister Is Making Health Data Interoperability a Reality from 2022-05-31T16:40:38

A 2021 report in Bloomberg Law stated that though “Health IT pros and federal regulators dream of a healthcare system in which the flow of information happens seamlessly through a simple mouse-clic...

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Strategies – From an Australian – on Breaking Into New Global Health Tech Markets from 2022-05-24T16:56:18

This week on the podcast we sat down with Peter Birch, the founder and host of the Talking HealthTech podcast. Peter hails from Australia and over the course of producing some 240 episodes of his p...

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Luis Santiago on How a Recent Team Tragedy Brought PEGASI’s Health Moonshot Into Focus from 2022-05-17T17:14:26

Every company in the StartUp Health portfolio can draw a line between their business objectives and a very real human impact. Even companies working on highly technical, administrative solutions ar...

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KP Yelpaala of InOn Health: Health Equity Isn’t Just the Right Thing to Do, It’s Also Good for Business from 2022-05-10T15:14:51

Today’s guest is Kaakpema"KP"Yelpaala, the CEO and Co-founder of InOn Health, a StartUp Health portfolio company that delivers patient engagement solutions with an emphasis on cross-cultural commun...

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Does Teladoc’s Stock Drop Matter? Jamey Edwards on Achieving Health Moonshots in the Face of Rocky Public Markets from 2022-05-03T20:43:46

This week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW is a conversation with Jamey Edwards, Chief Operating Officer at StartUp Health. Jamey has been working in the telemedicine space for more than a decade, a...

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Alyssa Jaffee of 7wireVentures on Finding Balance, Authenticity, and Founder-Market Fit from 2022-04-26T15:23:46

This week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW is pulled from a recent Fireside Chat we held with investor Alyssa Jaffee, a partner at 7wireVentures who focuses on digital health. Jaffee sits on the boa...

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Live From the Conflict Zone: How David Sarabia of inRecovery Is Supporting His Team in Ukraine from 2022-04-19T18:55:09

This week, we talk with David Sarabia, the CEO and Founder of inRecovery, a StartUp Health-backed company that brings digital health tools to the addiction recovery market. David was on vacation i...

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How Lazurite Scored Rapid FDA Approval for Their Wireless Surgical Camera from 2022-04-12T15:48:07

In health innovation, sometimes the eureka moment that sparks a business is subtle. Maybe you’re a physician clicking away on an electronic health record and it dawns on you that you could do the s...

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Health Transformers Live: Gray Oncology Solutions, Gennev, AvoMD, Valera Health from 2022-04-05T17:50:29

This week we wanted to break from our typical format and introduce you to four inspiring founders from the StartUp Health portfolio. This episode is excerpted from an on-stage Health Transformer d...

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Why Jonathan Bush Calls His New Startup Zus“The Waterboy for Health Innovation” from 2022-03-29T15:16:40

Our guest on this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Jonathan Bush, has been pushing and prodding and challenging the status quo since the dawn of the digital health revolution. He did it first as the...

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The Tipping Point for Telemedicine, with Amwell’s Dr. Roy Schoenberg from 2022-03-22T18:10:12

Our guest this week is telemedicine pioneer Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH, the Co-CEO and President of Amwell. COVID was an absolute game changer for telemedicine adoption, and Amwell was right there to ...

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Transcarent’s Glen Tullman on Building the Next Healthcare Ecosystem from 2022-03-15T15:52:56

This week is another StartUp Health Festival @ ViVE special, as we bring you a main stage conversation between Glen Tullman, CEO of Transcarent, and Unity Stoakes, the President and Co-founder of S...

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Live From the StartUp Health Festival @ ViVE 2022 from 2022-03-08T21:26:26

This week's podcast is coming to you live from the StartUp Health Festival @ ViVE in Miami Beach where Health Transformers have come together from around the world. StartUp Health's Media Director,...

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With MouthWatch, Brant Herman Is Blazing a New Trail for Tele-Dentistry from 2022-02-28T20:21:13

Join us in Miami Beach next week for the StartUp Health Festival @ ViVE 2022 to meet the MouthWatch team and dozens of other Health Transformers: startuphealth.com/festival —Thanks to COVID-19, th...

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Everyplace Labs Validates Self-Service Diagnostic Testing Kiosk from 2022-02-22T16:19:19

Here are two things we learned as a society from the COVID-19 pandemic: one is that knowledge is power, and a quick diagnostic test can help us understand our risk of spreading a virus to others; t...

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At Particle Health, Troy Bannister Is Bringing the Best of FinTech to Healthcare from 2022-02-15T16:33:22

Meet Troy Bannister and the Particle Health team when you join us in Miami Beach in March for StartUp Health @ ViVE 2022: startuphealth.com/vive —It’s no secret that healthcare as an industry has ...

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How Nightingale Is Redefining Preventative Health from 2022-02-08T17:10:38

Join us in Miami Beach in March for StartUp Health @ ViVE 2022: startuphealth.com/vive Nightingale Health, a Finnish company that StartUp Health backed in 2016, uses a new kind of blood testing to...

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A Candid Conversation w/ Glen Tullman and Lee Shapiro, Investors in the StartUp Health Moonshots Impact Fund from 2022-02-01T17:02:23

Join us in Miami Beach in March for StartUp Health @ ViVE 2022: startuphealth.com/vive ---This week on the show we’re revisiting a conversation that first aired in 2021. It’s from a fireside chat ...

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How HLTH and StartUp Health Are Uniting the Health Innovation Ecosystem, with Rich Scarfo from 2022-01-25T18:14:55

On January 18, 2022, StartUp Health announced a multi-year partnership with HLTH, the leading platform for bringing together the health ecosystem around innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology...

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How to Clinically Validate Your Startup, With AliveCor’s Dr. Archana Dubey from 2022-01-18T19:07:32

Archana Dubey, MD, the Chief Clinical Officer at AliveCor, has worked as a primary care physician, on the enterprise side at HP, and in startups as a founder herself. AliveCor has been a pioneer in...

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Responsum Health’s Latest App Puts Long-COVID Front and Center from 2022-01-11T00:30:57

Our guest today is Andrew Rosenberg, CEO and Founder of Responsum Health, which StartUp Health backed in 2019. At Responsum, Rosenberg and his team have created disease-specific apps that bring tog...

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Reversing Diabetes With Sami Inkinen of Virta Health from 2022-01-04T19:21:07

Join us in Miami Beach from March 6-9, 2022, for StartUp Health @ ViVE to meet Health Transformers: startuphealth.com/vive The numbers surrounding Type 2 diabetes are staggering. The WHO puts the ...

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Startup Strategies: The Secret to Successful Tech Transfer at a Major University from 2021-12-21T20:19:33

Our guest is Lukasz Kowalik, senior licensing and business development officer at Weill Cornell. Lukasz has a degree in chemistry, a PhD in neuroscience, and a postdoc in chemical biology. But he a...

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How Echo Health Ventures Invests in Health Innovation, With Jessica Zeaske from 2021-12-14T18:22:09

On this StartUp Health Fireside Chat, held in front of a live audience of StartUp Health founders, we hear from Jessica Zeaske, partner at Echo Health Ventures. Prior to Echo, Jessica served as Dir...

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Lee Shapiro and Glen Tullman Build Collaborative Partnerships to Achieve Health Moonshots from 2021-12-07T16:47:31

In this StartUp Health Fireside Chat, we bring you a conversation with Lee Shapiro and Glen Tullman, the dynamic duo behind 7wire Ventures, Livongo, and now Transcarent. These two have worked side ...

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For Ironman Athlete David Weingard, a Diabetes Diagnosis Was a Spark for Innovation from 2021-11-30T18:31:40

Join us in Miami Beach from March 6-9, 2022, for StartUp Health @ ViVE to meet the Cecelia Health team and other Health Transformers: startuphealth.com/vive ===Today, you’d be hard-pressed to fin...

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Julie Yoo: A Look at How Andreessen Horowitz Invests in the Future of Health from 2021-11-22T22:50:35

This week on the podcast we sat down with Andreessen Horowitz's General Partner, Julie Yoo. Julie leads the firm's investments in healthtech with a focus on companies that are modernizing how we ac...

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Julie Yoo: A Look at How Andreessen Horowitz Invests in the Future of Health from 2021-11-22T22:50:35

This week on the podcast we sat down with Andreessen Horowitz's General Partner, Julie Yoo. Julie leads the firm's investments in healthtech with a focus on companies that are modernizing how we ac...

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Market Strategy&Insights With Aetna’s Brigitte Nettesheim from 2021-11-15T18:53

This week on the podcast we sat down with Brigitte Nettesheim from Aetna, a CVS Health company. In this conversation, Brigitte shares how she and her team develop market strategies and what they lo...

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youturn’s Shay Houser Is Making Addiction Treatment More Accessible from 2021-11-08T20:50:25

On this podcast episode, which was recorded live on the floor of HLTH in Boston in October, StartUp Health's Logan Plaster sits down with Shay Houser, the CEO and Co-founder of youturn. Shay and hi...

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Two Founders Transforming Children’s Health from 2021-11-02T19:23:19

This special episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Each month we take one of StartUp Health’s 12 audacious health goals and highlight founders working to make the impossible a real...

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From Journalist to HealthTech Investor: Chrissy Farr, OMERS Ventures from 2021-10-19T19:17:15

This week on the podcast we sat down with Chrissy Farr, a HealthTech Investor at OMERS Ventures, where she focuses on women's health and behavioral health. In this interactive chat, Chrissy talked ...

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The Future of Health Innovation With Microsoft’s Dr. David Rhew from 2021-10-12T13:49:40

This week on the podcast, we're bringing you a conversation with Dr. David Rhew, the Chief Medical Officer&Vice President of Healthcare at Microsoft. In this interactive session, Dr. Rhew broke dow...

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How to Become a More Conscious Leader With Diana Chapman from 2021-10-05T17:27:14

Today we're talking about conscious leadership. What is conscious leadership? It has to do with the process of positive change within your team or organization. Now, you may wonder how do you do th...

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These Three Startup Health Entrepreneurs Are Working to Fight Addiction and End the Opioid Epidemic from 2021-09-28T18:10:55

This special episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Each month we take one of StartUp Health’s 12 audacious health goals and highlight founders working to make the impossible a real...

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Gray Oncology Solutions Is Building a New Operating System for Healthcare Workflows from 2021-09-21T14:18:11

Most people have experienced the frustration of having to wait for a healthcare appointment because the clinic is overbooked or the lab is backed up. Inefficiencies in healthcare cost time and mone...

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Sales Strategies With Reed Mollins and Brian Neman from 2021-09-14T16:43:29

This week on the podcast we get tactical with two founders from the StartUp Health portfolio to talk about sales strategies. Our first guest is Reed Mollins, the VP of Strategic Partnerships at Pre...

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Dr. Bob Wachter and Dr. Howard Krein on Achieving Health Moonshots in a COVID World from 2021-09-07T18:30:37

On a recent Fireside Chat, Startup Health's Chief Medical Officer Howard Krein, MD, PhD, caught up with Bob Wachter, MD, renowned UCSF internist, bestselling author, and former podcast host of'In t...

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These Two StartUp Health Entrepreneurs Are Driving Down Healthcare Costs from 2021-08-30T19:45:07

This episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Last month it was all about mental health, today, we’re talking about founders and companies creating new ways to drive down healthcare c...

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Health Assurance With General Catalyst’s Chitra Nawbatt from 2021-08-24T16:57:51

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, we spoke with Chitra Nawbatt, Global Head of Health Assurance and Innovation at General Catalyst. During this 60-minute chat, Chitra shared her focus on inves...

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Melissa Buckley Gets Candid on How Philanthropies Partner With Startups from 2021-08-16T15:48:52

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, we sat down with Melissa Buckley, the Director of the Innovation Fund at the California Health Care Foundation, a non-profit with a unique mission and vision ...

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Scott Powder Launches Advocate Aurora Enterprises to Build Health System Innovation Partnerships from 2021-08-10T19:20:33

On this episode we interview Scott Powder, president of Advocate Aurora Enterprises and former head of strategy at Advocate Aurora Health System. Advocate Aurora is rooted in the Midwest and covers...

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These Three Founders Are Upgrading the Mental Health Toolkit from 2021-07-27T17:23:54

This episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Last month it was all about brain health, today, we’re talking about founders and companies rethinking mental health and happiness. Areva...

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For Victor Penev, Good Leadership Starts With a Healthy Mind from 2021-07-20T21:40:34

Like so many founders, Edamam CEO&Founder Victor Penev went through a phase with his first startup where he worked all day and was stressed all night. He didn’t sleep enough. He gained weight. He w...

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Achieving Health Moonshots w/ Vinod Khosla from 2021-07-12T19:26:32

Last month, Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, came back for part II of his Fireside Chat where he joined our co-founder, Unity Stoakes, to talk about achieving Health Moonshots, how COVID o...

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Gates Foundation on Taking Investment Risks Others Can’t (or Won’t) from 2021-07-06T19:09:55

In a recent StartUp Health Fireside Chat, we chatted with Annie Ye, the Program Manager of Digital Health Innovation at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Ye has experience in technology and an...

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Four StartUp Health Entrepreneurs Tackling Cognitive Health Concerns from 2021-06-29T14:55:46

This episode is part of our monthly Health Moonshot series. Last month it was all about women’s health, today, we’re talking about founders and companies rethinking brain health. Kate Rosenbluth, P...

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Building Exceptional Healthcare Provider&Patient Experiences With Karen Martell from 2021-06-22T16:33:57

This week, we sat down (virtually) with an entrepreneur who's still in the thick of scaling a business, Karen Martell, VP and GM at Alto Pharmacy. Karen built her career in tech, working at Square,...

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Building Exceptional Healthcare Provider & Patient Experiences With Karen Martell from 2021-06-22T16:33:57

This week, we sat down (virtually) with an entrepreneur who's still in the thick of scaling a business, Karen Martell, VP and GM at Alto Pharmacy. Karen built her career in tech, working at Square,...

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Payor Collaboration With Terry Booker of Independence Blue Cross from 2021-06-15T16:09:47

Today we’re talking with Terry Booker, the VP of corporate development and innovation at Independence Blue Cross. Booker combines years of experience in investment banking and business development ...

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How Babyscripts Powers‘Connected Pregnancies’and Brings OB Care Where It’s Needed from 2021-06-08T20:08:08

In this episode, we sit down with Juan Pablo Segura, co-founder of Babyscripts, about virtual healthcare for moms-to-be.Around 50% of counties in the United States don’t have an OBGYN to take care ...

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Safi Bahcall on Achieving Health ‘Loonshots’ from 2021-06-01T20:25:02

Bestselling author Safi Bahcall, a physicist by training and the former CEO of Synta Pharmaceuticals, believes that a key to achieving transformative ‘loonshots’ lies in asking better questions. Du...

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Linking Clinical&Technical Worlds With Yauheni Solad, MD from 2021-05-25T17:42:51

In this podcast episode, we dialed up Dr. Yauheni Solad, Medical Director of Digital Health at Yale New Haven Health, who shared his practical wisdom about what it really takes to have a successful...

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Transforming Women’s Health With Dorothee Goldman and Missy Lavender from 2021-05-18T17:07:40

At StartUp Health, we strongly believe that being a woman shouldn’t be a health risk factor. That’s why we’ve devoted an entire health moonshot to improving the health of every woman all around the...

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Introducing the Smartphone Epinephrine Injector, by Detroit-Based Startup Alerje from 2021-05-11T17:38:14

For some people, allergies are an inconvenience. But for millions of people around the world – particularly children – severe allergies are a major health concern. Eat the wrong thing and you could...

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Introducing the Smartphone Epinephrine Injector, by Detroit-Based Startup Alerje from 2021-05-11T17:38:14

For some people, allergies are an inconvenience. But for millions of people around the world – particularly children – severe allergies are a major health concern. Eat the wrong thing and you could...

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For Margaret Laws, Innovation Springs From Co-Creation from 2021-05-04T16:09:26

Longtime friend of StartUp Health Margaret Laws has built a career on cross-sector, interdisciplinary partnerships. For 17 years, she served as the Director of Public Financing and Policy and the D...

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Michelle Snyder Brings a Creative Spirit to Marketing and Investing from 2021-04-27T17:37:48

Michelle Snyder has done a bit of everything. Now a partner at McKesson Ventures (she joined the healthcare-oriented venture group in late 2020), the digital health veteran has seen innovation from...

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Medical Billing Startup Inbox Health Bags $15M to ‘Fix the Pipes in Healthcare’ from 2021-04-20T16:07

Blake Walker, CEO and Co-founder of Inbox Health, which joined StartUp Health in 2014, is helping to upgrade medical billing by delivering a personalized billing experience to healthcare practices....

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With $8.5B Raised Globally in Q1 of 2021, Health Innovation Funding Hits New Milestone from 2021-04-09T22:47:27

What began as a rapid reaction to COVID-19 has become an enduring wave of interest, adoption, and investment in health innovation companies. According to this quarter’s record-breaking investment n...

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Former Livongo President Dr. Jennifer Schneider Talks Moonshots, the Teladoc Merger, and How to Be a Transformative Leader from 2021-03-30T23:46:12

In this candid conversation with Unity Stoakes, President and Co-founder of StartUp Health, Dr. Schneider shares her hard-won wisdom and pulls back the curtain on one of healthcare’s biggest M&A tr...

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Former Livongo President Dr. Jennifer Schneider Talks Moonshots, the Teladoc Merger, and How to Be a Transformative Leader from 2021-03-30T23:46:12

In this candid conversation with Unity Stoakes, President and Co-founder of StartUp Health, Dr. Schneider shares her hard-won wisdom and pulls back the curtain on one of healthcare’s biggest M&A tr...

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Aidar Health Scores FDA Clearance for New Breath-Based“Tricorder”Health Monitoring Device from 2021-03-23T18:00:31

In this episode, we talk with Sathya Elumalai, CEO&Co-founder of Aidar Health, a StartUp Health company since 2016. Sathya and his team in Baltimore have invented something that could change health...

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GE Healthcare’s Karley Yoder Builds Bridges With AI from 2021-03-16T20:08:42

Karley Yoder made a name for herself in the digital health world at Doctor on Demand and Apple before launching a career at GE Healthcare, where she now serves as Vice President and General Manager...

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Cloudbreak’s Jamey Edwards Breaks Down the UpHealth Mega Deal and Why SPACs Work from 2021-03-09T20:56:40

Jamey Edwards, the CEO and Co-founder of Cloudbreak Health, has been in telemedicine for years, but his health moonshot impact is about to get a lot bigger. Thanks to a SPAC (which he breaks down i...

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Cleveland Clinic’s Dr. Toby Cosgrove Sees Moonshot Potential in an After-COVID World from 2021-03-02T21:10:30

While this may be the first global pandemic Toby Cosgrove, MD, has experienced, he’s seen a lot in his nearly 50-year career. The Executive Advisor and former CEO and President of Cleveland Clinic ...

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A Moonshot Vision for Healthcare Virtual Reality With Dr. Brennan Spiegel from 2021-02-23T01:44:28

Dispense with everything you know about virtual reality. So says Dr. Brennan Spiegel at the opening of his new book, VRx: How Virtual Therapeutics will Revolutionize Medicine. Dr. Spiegel, our gues...

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The Surprising Secret to Doctor.com’s Success from 2021-02-17T00:46:18

Andrei Zimiles and Reed Mollins, founders of Doctor.com, are longtime friends and longtime friends of StartUp Health. The two met as pre-teens at summer camp and led parallel lives before becoming ...

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Walmart Could Magnify Americans’ Access to Healthcare — With the Help of Key Startups from 2021-02-11T14:18

In the era of social distancing, a doctor’s appointment looks a little different than it did a year ago. But Evan Schnur, Director of Healthcare Information and Strategy at Walmart, says the experi...

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Exit Strategies: M&A Wisdom From Entrepreneur-Investors Samer Hamadeh and James Marciano from 2021-02-02T21:58:09

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes dials up Samer Hamadeh, CEO and founder of Zeel, and James Marciano, founder of Tuck advisors, for a candid discussion...

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With Finess, Privy CEO Evi Heilbrunn Is Breaking Down Stigmas in the Women’s Health Aisle from 2021-01-26T18:46:03

Because she’s tackling a stigmatized area of women’s health, one that’s been swept to the side for a long time, Privy CEO Evi Heilbrunn has had to do her research and educate the market. By doing s...

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Vinod Khosla: Investing in the Future of Healthcare&Moonshot Thinking from 2021-01-19T21:29:23

The global pandemic ushered in a new era of health innovation. StartUp Health founders Steven Krein and Unity Stoakes sat down for an interactive Fireside Chat with Vinod Khosla of Khosla Ventures ...

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StartUp Health Fireside Chat: Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, Health Innovation Investor from 2021-01-12T19:19:59

In a recent Fireside Chat with a few dozen founders from the StartUp Health portfolio, we were joined by Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, former Chief Medical Officer at Medicaid. Dr. Ostrovsky is a practicin...

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StartUp Health Fireside Chat: Dr. Ashwini Zenooz, GM and Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce from 2021-01-05T18:59:12

In this episode, StartUp Health's Editor-in-Chief, Logan Plaster, talks (virtually) with Dr. Ashwini Zenooz, GM and Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce. Before taking on her role at the tech giant,...

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Particle Health’s“Quark”Sandbox Gives Healthcare Companies Secure Access to Their Medical Data from 2020-12-22T18:09:23

In this podcast episode, CEO and Co-founder Troy Bannister reveals what his Brooklyn-based startup has been working on for the last 2+ years. And now, with Quark, their new HIPAA-compliant platform...

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UCSF’s Dr. Michael Blum Talks How COVID-19 Changed Expectations Around Virtual Care at the Highest Institutional Levels from 2020-12-15T19:10:41

As a cardiologist and the Chief Digital Transformation Officer at the University of California, San Francisco, Dr. Michael Blum assesses and deploys digital health technology across UCSF's multi-la...

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Conversa Health Built on Its Virtual Care Platform to Quickly Launch COVID-19 Screening Tools for Frontline Workers from 2020-12-08T22:46:03

Today’s episode is a conversation with Murray Brozinsky, CEO of Conversa Health. Before COVID-19 struck, Conversa was working with big health systems, supplying them with a type of chatbot that kep...

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Former NFL Wide Receiver Torrey Smith Partners With Rose Health to Promote Mental Health Resilience from 2020-12-02T09:00:44

This week, two-time Super Bowl Champion and former Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith announced that he was joining mental health startup Rose Health as an ambassador and investor. On this episode, ...

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Brand Newland Is Fighting Opioid Overprescribing by Improving and Standardizing the Surgery Experience from 2020-11-24T21:55:47

Established with the goal of improving recovery time and bettering outcomes for patients undergoing surgical procedures, the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols have revolutionized tha...

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Business Insider’s Megan Hernbroth on Pitching Your Health Startup’s Story from 2020-11-17T22:20:49

On this episode of the podcast we dive under the hood to talk about practical strategies for getting a startup’s story out into the world. We turned to Megan Hernbroth, the reporter who covers heal...

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How LifeBio Is Using the Power of Storytelling to Improve Mental Health for Seniors from 2020-11-10T17:40:21

In 2020, the coronavirus caused a societal lock-down like this generation has never seen before. Many who were already isolated and lonely -- like seniors – were put into a desperate situation. Bet...

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New VC Funds Put Women’s Health Moonshot Front and Center from 2020-11-04T18:22:05

In today’s venture capital world, the vast majority of decisions are made by male investors – by one recent estimate, 87% of partners at digital health venture funds are men. This imbalance has res...

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Venus Williams Gets Candid About Entrepreneurship, Wellness and Bouncing Back From COVID-19 from 2020-10-27T18:56:47

Tennis icon and Olympian Venus Williams has built on her success on the court to become a savvy and successful investor, advisor and entrepreneur. Now she’s making her mark on health innovation. Ve...

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inHealth CEO Harry Kim on Why Lifestyle Therapeutics Are the Next Frontier in Health from 2020-10-20T20:44:01

Our lifestyle choices play a big role in affecting our overall health and, in today’s society, are largely unaddressed. Health coaching, or “Lifestyle Therapeutics,” can help people modify behavior...

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RxRevu Is Bringing Drug Price Transparency to Doctors at the Bedside from 2020-10-13T21:21:50

With the recent IPO of GoodRx, drug price transparency – at least on the consumer side – is having a moment. But what about at the patient’s bedside? In this week’s podcast, we sit down with Carm H...

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Mindset Matters Most: Steven Krein on the Mindset of Transformative Entrepreneurs from 2020-10-06T22:34:04

Steve Krein. CEO, co-founder&managing partner of StartUp Health, discusses the importance of having the right entrepreneurial mindset. Thoughtfully organizing the struggles you are still facing tod...

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Raising Capital During a Pandemic from 2020-09-29T18:47:25

An investor calls and holds off on wiring funds. A VC halts new investments. An angel decides to significantly cut back. These are anecdotes we’ve heard from entrepreneurs since the Covid pandemic ...

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Kavi Misri on Rose’s High Tech Approach to Predicting Depression and Expanding Access to Mental Health Services from 2020-09-22T17:17:31

Working 80 to 100 hours a week for 7 years in healthcare investment banking finally caught up to Kavi Misri, founder and CEO of Rose. Like many, he found himself burned out, depressed and in need o...

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Our Powers Combined from 2020-09-15T22:01:55

After a meeting at a StartUp Health event years ago and recognizing a kindred mindset in the other, two CEOs from our portfolio, Jim Iversen of Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical and Anupam Khandelwal of Sages...

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Anish Sebastian and Babyscripts Are Showing the World That a Connected Pregnancy Is a Healthier Pregnancy from 2020-09-08T21:03:33

On this episode we talk to Anish Sebastian, CEO and co-founder of Babyscripts. Founded by Sebastian and his business partner Juan Pablo Segura in 2014, Babyscripts uses connected health devices – l...

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The Transformation of Digital Health in COVID Times from 2020-08-25T22:14:30

It’s late August, approximately six months since the coronavirus pandemic sent us indoors, stunted the economy and sparked a rapid global transformation in healthcare. To get a high-level retrospe...

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One Health Transformer’s Decades-Long Journey to Cure Chronic Pain from 2020-08-18T19:59:05

23 years ago a car accident left Richard Hanbury with debilitating nerve pain that was so bad he was given just five years to live. While in recovery, he realized that a film was doing something to...

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Livongo/Teladoc Merger Creates $37B Remote Health Company and Sets a New Standard for Digital Health Valuations. from 2020-08-11T19:53:51

A few months before Livongo and Teladoc Health inked a deal that valued Livongo at $18.5B, Jennifer Schneider, MD, MS, President of Livongo, took the stage at the StartUp Health Festival. Her telli...

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Pregnancy in the Time of COVID, With ROBYN Founder Alli Kasirer from 2020-08-04T16:19:51

Today’s podcast is a throwback to one of our favorite interviews from 2020 thus far. Back in early May, we linked up with Alli Kasirer, CEO of a company called Robyn, for an interview on StartUp He...

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Surviving the Pivot: How Two Founders Re-Shaped Their Business to Thrive in a Post-COVID World from 2020-07-28T19:51:15

When the pandemic first hit, Dr. Jennifer Meller, CEO&Founder of Navimize, and CTO Kavita Mangal knew they were going to have to work fast. How could the duo utilize their existing platform, but ad...

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Despite COVID-Constrained World, Digital Health Investor Predicts Promising Future in Telemedicine from 2020-07-21T16:36:29

Much has been said and written — here at StartUp Health and elsewhere — about how in healthcare there’s pre-COVID and there’s post-COVID. Regulations, reimbursements, consumer attitudes, and just b...

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StartUp Health’s 2020 Midyear Insights Report: A Conversation With Jonah Comstock from 2020-07-14T19:09:52

StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes and editor in chief Logan Plaster talk health innovation funding trends with HIMSS Media editor-in-chief Jonah Comstock, a health tech journalist who has bee...

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How Joint Academy CEO Jakob Dahlberg Is Transforming Osteoarthritis Care from 2020-07-07T20:37:11

According to the Arthritis Foundation, one in four Americans will develop hip or knee osteoarthritis in their lifetime. Experts suggest we have yet to reach a maximum fixed lifespan, creating an ov...

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Dr. Sandro Galea: Changing the Conversation Around Health from 2020-06-30T14:09:05

To improve health, not just healthcare, we have to do the hard work of building a healthier world. And that, says Sandro Galea, MD, dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, starts wit...

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MedHaul’s Leaders Break Down What’s Needed to Create Racial Equity in Silicon Valley and Beyond from 2020-06-19T18:34:38

At MedHaul, CEO&founder Erica Plybeah and Director of Quality and Community Engagement Nathalie Occean are solving one of the oldest challenges in health: transportation. Each year, nearly four mil...

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Cityblock Scales Up to Meet the Needs of NYC’s Hardest Hit During COVID-19 from 2020-06-02T23:00:11

When the pandemic first hit, Toyin Ajayi, MD, Chief Health Officer&Co-founder of Cityblock, says her team knew, instinctively, that the patients Cityblock serves would be some of the hardest hit. T...

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Hiring in Health: Aequitas Partners Launch the Health Talent Exchange from 2020-05-15T17:37:27

Executive search firm Aequitas Partners has been building teams for high growth health innovation companies since 2014. Now, with their Health Talent Exchange they're helping top candidates and com...

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The Health Transformer Making EMS COVID-Ready from 2020-05-14T03:18:38

One day after the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic, Beyond Lucid Technologies announced that it would be appending its EMS health information exchange platform, adding the ability to receive and so...

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Meet the Health Transformer Addressing Racial Disparities in COVID-19 from 2020-05-08T21:30:54

Kevin Dedner launched Hurdle (fka Henry Health) in 2018 to address the mental health care gap for black men. Now, he’s expanding his vision for a culturally-competent mental health system with plan...

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Mental Health in a COVID World from 2020-05-05T20:49:55

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this year it coincides with one of the most challenging periods in the world’s recent history — the coronavirus pandemic. We’re taking a beat to talk about ...

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Three of Telemedicine’s Original Visionaries Weigh in on Its Future from 2020-04-28T21:06:22

In the last two months, the adoption of telemedicine has escalated as remote clinical services become a critical part of a pandemic response. In this episode of the StartUp Health NOW podcast, thre...

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Health Transformers Bringing Diagnostics Into the Home from 2020-04-21T20:00:38

A tricorder, a centrifuge that fits in the palm of your hand, stick-on thermo patches that can detect early stage breast cancer… What used to be considered sci-fi are now existing technologies that...

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Dispatch From the Frontlines of a U.S. Pandemic Response With KnowNOW’s Dr. Marcelo Venegas from 2020-04-17T18:47

StartUp Health’s senior writer Nicole Clark talks with Dr. Marcelo Venegas about how he’s expanding his telemedicine platform, KnowNOW, to screen and treat COVID-19 patients. As a doctor at urgent ...

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Meditation Together, Virtually: the App Helping Meditation Beginners During COVID-19 from 2020-04-08T16:42:52

At Journey Meditation, Stephen Sokoler is rooting the practice of meditation back in its origins – community. In this episode, StartUp Health's ventures team member Maxim Owen talks with Sokoler, J...

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The Telehealth App Bridging Care Gaps During COVID-19 from 2020-04-04T06:47:55

At a time when telehealth startups find themselves uniquely positioned to alleviate the demand on health systems caused by the coronavirus, Rejuvenan has set itself apart through the platform’s pre...

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The Italian Innovator Using Whole Genomic Sequencing to Combat COVID-19 from 2020-03-27T19:11

In this new Pandemic Response series, StartUp Health's senior writer, Nicole Clark talks with Italy-based Andrea Riposati, CEO of Dante Labs, about how his DNA tests are being used to sequence the ...

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StartUp Health Festival: Fireside Chat, Dr. Marty Makary, MedPage Today from 2020-03-24T18:36:14

Marty Makary, MD, MPH, New York Times bestselling author,'The Price We Pay', Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor of public health, and Editor-in-Chief of MedPage Today, talks with ZDogg Industries ...

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COVID-19 Update With Unity Stoakes, Co-founder and President of StartUp Health from 2020-03-19T20:39:20

We catch up with StartUp Heath's Co-founder and President, Unity Stoakes, for a candid chat about Covid-19 and how health innovators in the StartUp Health community are responding. Entrepreneurs: ...

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Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer at StartUp Health, on COVID-19 and the Shift to Telemedicine from 2020-03-19T13:54:28

Logan Plaster, Editor of StartUp Health Magazine, welcomes Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer of StartUp Health, to the podcast for a candid conversation about how the coronavirus pandemic is ...

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StartUp Health Festival Fireside Chat: Year of the Nurse from 2020-03-17T18:07:48

Kristi Henderson, DNP and Clinical Operations Leader of Amazon, Molly McCarthy, RN and Chief Nursing Officer and National Director of US Health, Microsoft, and Lynda Moyer, Technology Strategist, c...

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Esther Dyson on Achieving Long-Term Equitable Wellbeing for All from 2020-03-11T17:10:25

Esther Dyson, Executive Founder of Wellville, and Jane Metcalfe, creator and original publisher of WIRED magazine, offer their take on the big ideas shaping the future of health (and humanity) at t...

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StartUp Health Festival, Founder Stories, Gennev from 2020-03-03T20:10:16

Jill Angelo, CEO&Founder of Gennev, and Lisa Kaselak, Filmmaker, Hellopause, talk with StartUp Health, Advisor, Polina Hanin, at the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco. January 13, 2020. Hos...

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StartUp Health Festival Founder Stories: Wei-Wu He, PhD, Human Longevity, Inc. from 2020-02-25T20:07:42

Wei-Wu He, PhD, CEO&Executive Chairman of Human Longevity, Inc., talks with StartUp Health Chief Medical Officer Howard Krein, MD, PhD, on the main stage of the StartUp Health Festival in San Franc...

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StartUp Health Festival Founder Stories: Mylea Charvat, PhD, Savonix with Susan Schneider Williams from 2020-02-18T20:00:04

Susan Schneider Williams, Fine Artist and Passionate Advocate for Brain Health and Lewy Body Dementia Awareness, talks with Savonix CEO&Founder Mylea Charvat, PhD, on the main stage of the StartUp ...

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Fireside Chat: Jeanne Kehren, Bayer from 2020-02-11T22:11:19

Jeanne Kehren, Senior VP of Digital&Commercial Innovation at Bayer, talks with StartUp Health President, Co-founder&Managing Partner, Unity Stoakes, at the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco....

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Fireside Chat: Jennifer Schneider, MD, Livongo from 2020-02-04T23:19:32

Jennifer Schneider, MD, President of Livongo, talks with MedCity News Vice President&Editor-in-Chief Arundhati Parmar at the StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco. January 14, 2020. Entrepreneu...

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David Feinberg of Google Health @ 2020 StartUp Health Festival from 2020-01-28T22:26:28

Vice President of Google Health, Dr. David Feinberg, talks with StartUp Health Chief Medial Officer, Howard Krein, MD, PhD, on the main stage of the StartUP Health Festival in San Francisco. Januar...

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#237: Ashwini Zenooz, MD, Salesforce from 2020-01-21T23:47:21

StartUp Health President, Co-founder&Managing Partner Unity Stoakes sits down with Ashwini Zenooz, MD, SVP and General Manager, Global Healthcare and Life Sciences at Salesforce. They discuss her ...

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Why the Founders of athenahealth and Devoted Health Joined StartUp Health’s Global Army of Health Transformers from 2020-01-07T03:30:22

At last year's StartUp Health Festival Todd&Ed Park, co-founders of Devoted Health shared how they're building a Medicare Advantage company that provides the kind of streamlined care they’d want fo...

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StartUp Health, Down Under from 2019-12-19T18:45:58

StartUp Health’s Steven Krein shares the power of a Health Moonshot Mindset at Sohn Hearts&Minds, Australia's premier investor event Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https:...

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Bridging the Health Innovation Gap with Startup-Enterprise Partnerships from 2019-12-11T21:15:24

This year, Kaiser Permanente Ventures and Genomic Medical partnered to expand genetics counseling services to KP members. They share lessons on collaboration in this special panel discussion, co-ho...

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Listen to Jennifer Esposito, fmr GM of Health&Life Sciences @intel,&Chrissy Farr @CNBC on ‘How Tech Companies Think About Health Innovation” from 2019-12-06T19:15:55

Jennifer Esposito, Former General Manager of Health&Life Sciences, Intel chats with Christina Farr, Technology and Healthcare Reporter, CNBC on"How Tech Companies Think About Health Innovation"at t...

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“The Power of Collaboration”Emerges as a Key Theme at the 2020 StartUp Health Festival from 2019-11-26T20:23:25

StartUp Health’s Unity Stoakes shares how the upcoming 2020 StartUp Health Festival will help to accelerate health innovation Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://www.s...

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Curatio’s CEO and Chief Growth Officer Share How Their Platform is Filling a Social Care Gap for Chronic Disease Patients from 2019-11-20T21:21:16

Logan Plaster, StartUp Health's Media Director and Editor-in-Chief of the StartUp Health magazine, caught up with Curatio's CEO and Founder, Lynda Brown-Ganzert and Chief Growth Officer, Jeff Wandz...

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Reducing the Cost of Healthcare to Zero: 2018 StartUp Health Festival from 2019-10-16T14:00:12

At the 2018 StartUp Health Festival, Sam Glick, Partner at Oliver Wyman, moderates a lively Cost to Zero Moonshot panel discussion with Liz Dunne, President&CEO, PeaceHealth; Andrey Ostrovsky, MD, ...

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Building a Global Solution for Mental Health Care: Ritvik Singh, wayForward from 2019-10-09T14:00:24

Health Transformer Ritvik Singh, Co-founder and CEO of wayForward, discusses the problems faced by India’s population in accessing mental health care and the role in which his newest app is working...

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Turning your Bra into a SUPA Power: Sabine Seymour, SUPAsport from 2019-10-02T14:00:04

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Seymour discusses the purpose behind SUPAsport, and how she is turning clothing into an Internet of Things. Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp...

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Anish Sebastian&Juan Pablo Segura, Babyscripts from 2019-09-25T14:00:26

How does the human experience affect the data used in digital health today? Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, Co-Founders of Babyscripts, discuss how the human experience of data is being embe...

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Nigam Shah MBBS, PhD, Stanford University from 2019-09-18T14:00:06

Nigam Shah, MBBS, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and Co-founder of Cardinal Analytx, chats with StartUp Health’s Unity Stoakes about the importance of making data actio...

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Victor Penev, CEO&Founder, Edamam from 2019-09-11T13:00:25

At Edamam, Victor Penev has created the world’s largest food database and the most accurate nutrition analysis tool to date. In this episode, we talk with Penev about how he's using food data to he...

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Helen Egger, MD, Director, Child Study Center, NYU Langone Health from 2019-09-04T16:31:17

It's back to school week in the US. In this episode, StartUp Health sits down with Dr. Helen Egger, Director of the Child Study Center at NYU Langone Health to learn how digital tech and data scien...

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Transforming An Industry–Esther Dyson, Jerry Levin&Steven Krein from 2019-08-28T14:00:26

Chairman of StartUp Health, Jerry Levin, and angel investor Esther Dyson engage in an important conversation about the transformation of healthcare and what it takes to foster an ecosystem of healt...

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Technology To Improve Doctor–Patient Communication–Henry Kane MedXCom NOW 55 from 2019-08-14T14:00:26

Henry Kane, President and CEO of MedXCom, discusses the challenges of doctor and patient communication and the company’s mission to transform and improve connectivity. GUEST: Henry Kane, MedXComHO...

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#236: Mel Walker, Otsuka: from 2019-07-31T20:15:47

Mel Walker, Vice President&Head of Innovation, Business Development and Market Access at Otsuka, discusses the European healthcare market with StartUp Health's Logan Plaster at the 2019 StartUp Hea...

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#235: Roberto Ascione MD, Healthware from 2019-07-24T15:44:12

Dr. Roberto Ascione, CEO of Healthware, discusses where digital health is heading in Europe with StartUp Health's Logan Plaster at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival. WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: StartU...

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#234: Liz Rockett, Kaiser Permanente Ventures from 2019-07-17T13:36:11

Liz Rockett, Director, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, discusses the company venture fund with StartUp Health's Logan Plaster at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival. Entrepreneurs: How to get investment ...

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#232: Fireside Chat with Steven Krein&Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health&Esther Dyson, Wellville from 2019-07-10T14:26:46

Steven Krein&Unity Stoakes, Co-founders, StartUp Health, chat with Esther Dyson, Executive Founder, Wellville, on"Bringing Hope to 7.5 Billion: The Impact of Moonshots, Mindsets and Health Transfor...

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#233: Bozidar Jovicevic, Sanofi from 2019-07-10T14:12:15

Bozidar Jovicevic, Vice President, Global Head of Digital Therapeutics at Sanofi, discusses how pharma needs to be more holistic with StartUp Health's Logan Plaster at the 2019 StartUp Health Festi...

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#231: Dr. Willam Carson&Kabir Nath, Otsuka from 2019-06-26T18:17:11

In this Fireside Chat, Dr. William Carson President&CEO, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development&Commercialization and Kabir Nath, President&CEO, Otsuka North America Pharmaceuticals chat with Logan Plas...

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#230: Fireside Chat with Sondra Tucker, Guidewell/Florida Blue from 2019-06-19T16:10:06

In this Fireside Chat, Sondra Tucker, VP of Corporate Development&Strategic Initiatives, Guidewell/Florida Blue, chats with Steven Krein, CEO&Co-founder, StartUp Health, about"Working with Health T...

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#229: Fireside Chat with Lord Prior of Brampton, Chair, NHS England from 2019-06-12T14:31:58

Lord Prior of Brampton, Chair, NHS England, chats with Dan Kendall, Managing Editor&Host, Digital Health Today, on"The United Kingdom’s Digital Health Revolution"at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival...

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#228: Fireside Chat with Dr. Mona Siddiqui, Chief Data Officer, US Dept. of Health&Human Services from 2019-06-05T14:00:22

Dr. Mona Siddiqui, Chief Data Officer, US Dept. of Health&Human Services chats with Dan Kendall, Managing Editor&Host, Digital Health Today on"Data Sharing&Silo Smashing"at the 2019 StartUp Health ...

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#227: Eugene Borukhovich, Global Head of Digital Health Incubation&Innovation, Bayer from 2019-05-29T13:00:07

Unity Stoakes, President&Co-founder, StartUp Health chats with Eugene Borukhovich, Global Head, Digital Health Incubation&Innovation, BayerG4A on"The Power of Ecosystem Collaboration"at the 2019 St...

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#226: Fireside Chat with Jennifer Esposito, Former General Manager of Health&Life Sciences, Intel from 2019-05-22T15:26:16

Jennifer Esposito, Former General Manager of Health&Life Sciences, Intel chats with Christina Farr, Technology and Healthcare Reporter, CNBC on"How Tech Companies Think About Health Innovation"at t...

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#225: Fireside Chat Dr. Nick Turkal, CEO&President, Advocate Aurora Health from 2019-05-15T15:11:47

Nick Turkal, MD, CEO&President, Advocate Aurora Health, chats with Howard Krein, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health, on"The Collaboration Mindset"at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in ...

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#224: Dr. David Karow, Chief of Radiogenomics&Interim CEO, Human Longevity, Inc. from 2019-05-08T17:04:38

In this Fireside Chat, David Karow, MD, PhD, Chief of Radiogenomics&Interim CEO, Human Longevity, Inc., talks to Howard Krein, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health, on"The Longevity Moons...

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#223: Fireside Chat with Dr. Sandra Hernández, California Health Care Foundation from 2019-05-01T13:08:20

Dr. Sandra Hernández, President&CEO, California Health Care Foundation, chats with Jaimy Lee, LinkedIn, News Editor, Healthcare, on"The Access to Care Moonshot: Rethinking How We Serve the Underser...

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#222: Fireside Chat with Dean Ornish, MD,&Anne Ornish, Preventative Medicine Research Institute from 2019-04-24T18:05:25

Dean Ornish, MD&Anne Ornish, Preventative Medicine Research Institute, discuss their new book:"Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases'with Dr. Howard Krein, Chief ...

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#221: A Closer Look at the 2019 Q1 insights Report from 2019-04-17T14:00:14

Logan Plaster, Liz Tucci, and Polina Hanin discuss the highlights from StartUp Health's first quarter insights report (Q1 2019). Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://ww...

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#221: A Closer Look at the 2019 Q1 insights Report from 2019-04-17T14:00:14

Logan Plaster, Liz Tucci, and Polina Hanin discuss the highlights from StartUp Health's first quarter insights report (Q1 2019). Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health https://ww...

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#220: Todd Park&Ed Park, Co-founders, Devoted Health from 2019-04-10T17:00:04

Todd Park&Ed Park, Co-founders, Devoted Health chat with Steven Krein, CEO&Co-founder, StartUp Health and Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health on “Creating a New Care Model that ...

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#219: Fireside Chat with Dr. Marco Huesch, Managing Director and CMO, Ping An Voyager Fund from 2019-04-03T17:00:12

In this Fireside Chat, Dr. Marco Huesch, Managing Director and CMO, Ping An Voyager Fund chats with Katya Hancock, Investor Relations Director, StartUp Health on “China’s Health Innovation Leap&The...

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#218: Fireside Chat with Bernard J. Tyson, Chairman&CEO, Kaiser Permanente from 2019-03-27T13:41:03

In this Fireside Chat, Bernard J. Tyson, Chairman&CEO, Kaiser Permanente chats with Unity Stoakes, President&Co-founder, StartUp Health on"The Moonshot Mindset"at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival i...

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#217: Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge 2019: Panel from 2019-03-20T12:55:17

Now in its third year, the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge has once again brought startups, life sciences companies, and healthcare organizations together to tackle the world’s biggest he...

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#216: Oliver Wyman Women in Healthcare Leadership Award presented by Terry Stone, Oliver Wyman from 2019-03-13T14:54:20

Terry Stone, Managing Partner, Health&Life Sciences, Oliver Wyman presents the Oliver Wyman Women in Healthcare Leadership Award at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco, California En...

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#215: Jane Metcalfe, CEO&Founder, NEO.LIFE from 2019-03-06T14:24:06

Jane Metcalfe, CEO&Founder, NEO.LIFE, chats with Steven Krein, CEO&Co-founder, StartUp Health, in a Fireside Chat,"How Do We Get There..."at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco, Calif...

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#214: Fireside Chat with Heather Bell, PhD, Global Head of Digital&Analytics, Sanofi from 2019-02-27T18:37:20

Heather Bell, PhD, SVP and Global Head of Digital and Analytics, Sanofi engages in a lively conversation titled,"Is Data the Key to Our Health’s Future? at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San F...

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#213: Fireside Chat with Bertrand Bodson, Chief Digital Officer, Novartis from 2019-02-20T20:59:49

In this Fireside chat, Bertrand Bodson, Chief Digital Officer, Novartis, chats with Unity Stoakes, President&Co-founder, StartUp Health, on"A Global Vision for Achieving Health Moonshots Together"a...

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#212: Fireside Chat with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN from 2019-02-13T21:42:45

Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN, chats with Dr. Howard Krein, Chief Medical Officer, StartUp Health, on"Bringing Moonshot Thinking to the Most Urgent Health Challenges of Our Tim...

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#211: Together We Can End Cancer: Dr. Jill Biden, Biden Cancer Initiative: from 2019-02-04T15:56:54

Dr. Jill Biden, Co-Chair, Biden Cancer Initiative, Former Second Lady of the United States, presents this keynote conversation,"Together We Can End Cancer"at the 2019 StartUp Health Festival in San...

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#210: Fireside Chat with Giacomo Chiesi, Head of Global Corporate Development, Chiesi Group from 2019-01-29T20:00:13

Giacomo Chiesi, Head of Global Corporate Development, Chiesi Group chats with Katya Hancock, Investor Relations Director, StartUp Health on"Transforming Health for The Next 100 Years"at the 2019 St...

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#209: Sanjay Shah, Dignity Health from 2018-10-24T12:43:31

Sanjay Shah, Director of Strategic Innovation at Dignity Health, chats with StartUp Health co-founder&President, Unity Stoakes, about building a foundation to scale startups into real world use. W...

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#208: Jack Barrette, WEGO Health from 2018-10-17T13:23:19

Jack Barrette, the CEO and Founder of WEGO Health, talks about the evolution of social media and user-generated content, the importance of patient leaders becoming trusted voices, and the opportuni...

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#207: Nigam Shah MBBS, PhD, Stanford University from 2018-10-10T14:36:18

Nigam Shah, MBBS, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University and Co-founder of Cardinal Analytx, chats with StartUp Health’s Unity Stoakes about the importance of making data actio...

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#206: John Speakman, Senior Director of Research IT, NYU Langone Health from 2018-10-03T14:14:15

John Speakman, Senior Director of Research IT at NYU Langone Health, sits down with StartUp Health’s Unity Stoakes to discuss breaking down silos to bring life sciences into the era of new technolo...

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#205: Tim Verduin, PhD, Director of Technology and Innovation, NYU Langone from 2018-09-26T12:21:19

Tim Verduin, PhD, Director of Technology and Innovation at NYU Langone Health, digs into some of the exciting work he is focusing on in adolescent mental health care. He addresses the challenges in...

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#204: Victor Penev, CEO&Founder, Edamam from 2018-09-19T16:04:14

Health Transformer Victor Penev, CEO&Founder of Edamam, talks about how his company is organizing the the world's food knowledge and creating a database to help consumers make optimum choices at th...

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#203: John-Ross “JR” Rizzo, MD, Assistant Professor NYU Langone Health from 2018-09-12T12:39:37

John-Ross “JR” Rizzo, MD, Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine&Neurology at NYU Langone Health, talks about his research in visual-motor integration and how the use of new cameras and sen...

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#202: Imran Cronk, CEO&Co-founder, Ride Health from 2018-09-05T16:04:19

Imran Cronk, CEO&Co-founder, Ride Health, discusses the challenges faced by patients who have barriers accessing transportation, and how his company is on a mission to ensure that every patient, ev...

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#201: Arul Thangavel, MD, Vice President of Clinical Strategy, WiserCare from 2018-08-29T19:36:45

Arul Thangavel, MD, Vice President of Clinical Strategy, WiserCare, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLo...

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#200: Dr. Thomas Tsang, CEO&Co-founder, Valera Health from 2018-08-22T15:51:21

Thomas Tsang, MD, CEO&Co-founder, Valera Health, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: NYU Langone...

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#199 Dr. Achiau Ludomirsky, NYU School of Medicine from 2018-08-15T14:46:46

Achiau Ludomirsky, MD, Associate Chair of Pediatrics, NYU School of Medicine, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-he...

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#198: Josh Stein, AdhereTech from 2018-08-14T15:29:05

Josh Stein, CEO&Co-founder, AdhereTech, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: NYU Langone Health T...

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#197: Avinash Kodey, CEO&Co-founder, MDOps from 2018-08-07T13:41:51

Avinash Kodey, CEO&Co-founder, MDOps, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: Health 2.0 Conference ...

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#196: Dr. Jennifer Meller, CEO&Founder, Navimize from 2018-07-31T19:35:59

Jennifer Meller, MD, MBA, CEO&Founder, Navimize, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: NYU Langone...

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#195: Hari Prasad, Yosi from 2018-07-30T15:34:38

Hari Prasad, Yosi, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: Health 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, CA

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#194: Dr. Devin Mann, Senior Director of Informatics Innovation, MCIT, NYU Langone from 2018-07-24T16:18:22

Devin Mann, MD, Senior Director of Informatics Innovation, MCIT, NYU Langone Health, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/st...

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#193: Rick Hennessey, Solius from 2018-07-18T13:24:10

Rick Hennessey, Solius, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: Health 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara...

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# 192: Helen Egger, MD, Director, Child Study Center, NYU Langone Health from 2018-07-16T16:15:56

Helen Egger, MD, Director, Child Study Center, NYU Langone Health, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLoc...

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#191: Deepak Hegde, PhD, NYU Stern School of Business from 2018-07-16T15:59:42

Deepak Hegde, PhD, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations, NYU Stern School of Business, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.star...

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#190: David Weingard, CEO&Founder, Fit4D from 2018-07-11T13:23:55

David Weingard, CEO&Founder, Fit4D, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: NYU Langone Health Tech ...

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#189: Daniel Penn, Tickit Health from 2018-06-29T17:49:43

Daniel Penn, Co-founder, Tickit Health, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: Health 2.0 Conferenc...

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#188: Dave deBronkart, e-Patient Dave from 2018-06-29T17:48:57

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dave deBronkart, Founder, e-Patient Dave, chats with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, at Health 2.0 Conference in Santa Clara, CA. WATCH MORE NOW E...

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#187: Mitesh Rao, MD, MHS, System Patient Safety Officer, Stanford Healthcare from 2018-06-27T15:15:26

Mitesh Rao, MD, MHS, System Patient Safety Officer, Stanford Healthcare, talks with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes. WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/marketing/vide...

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#186: Jakob Dahlber CEO&Co–Founder, Arthro from 2018-06-20T14:32:26

Jakob Dahlberg, CEO&Co-founder, Arthro, chats with Unity Stoakes, President of StartUp Health WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://www.startuphealth.com/startup-health-nowLocation: Health 2.0 Conferenc...

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#185: Jonathan Larsen, Ping An Global Voyager Fund from 2018-06-13T16:36

Jonathan Larsen, Chief Innovation Office, Ping An Group, and Chairman and CEO, Global Voyager Fund, chats with Steven Krein, CEO and Cofounder of StartUp Health. WATCH MORE NOW EPISODES: https://ww...

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#184: Creating Magical Experiences in Healthcare–Jim Lecinski, former VP, Sales, Google from 2018-06-06T14:21:18

Jim Lecinski, former VP, Sales, Google, chats with Ryan Olohan, Managing Director, Healthcare, Google, at the 2018 StartUp Health Festival in San Francisco, California. WATCH MORE EPISODES HERE: ht...

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#183: How Top Athletes Are Investing in the Future of Health from 2018-05-30T13:00:53

At the 2018 StartUp Health Festival, Wayne Kimmel, Managing Partner, SeventySix Capital, moderates a panel of athletes who are becoming VCs, angels, and investors in health. Kerri Walsh Jennings, O...

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#182: Cracking the Longevity Code: J. Craig Venter, PhD from 2018-05-23T14:41:40

At the 2018 StartUp Health Festival, Jane Metcalfe, CEO, NEO.LIFE, Inc, moderates this Fireside Chat:"Cracking the Longevity Code,"with Dr. J. Craig Venter, Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executiv...

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#181 Bruce Greenstein, Health And Human Services from 2018-05-14T21:41:39

At the 2018 StartUp Health Festival, Katya Hancock, Director of Strategic Partnerships, StartUp Health, moderates this Fireside Chat with Bruce Greenstein, CTO of Health and Human Services. WATCH M...

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#180: Health Moonshots, Mindsets&Mastery: Dr. Dean Ornish and Jerry Levin from 2018-05-09T17:27:07

In partnership with DLA Piper, StartUp Health presents this executive briefing,"Health Moonshots, Mindsets&Mastery: Insight on how to transform health today."Dr. Dean Ornish, President&Founder, Pre...

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#179: Government to Entrepreneur Mindset: Aneesh Chopra, CareJourney&Farzad Mostashari MD, Aledade from 2018-04-24T20:16:06

Steven Krein, CEO&Co-founder of StartUp Health, hosts this Fireside Chat: The Government Mindset to the Entrepreneur Mindset"with Aneesh Chopra, former CTO of the U.S., now Co-founder&CEO of CareJo...

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#178: Pulling Back the Curtain on Venrock’s Digital Health Predictions from 2018-04-20T00:28:44

Clifton Leaf, Fortune, moderates a discussion with Partners Bob Kocher, MD,&Bryan Roberts, PhD, of Venrock, for a fireside chat titled,"Venrock Healthcare Predictions"at the 2018 StartUp Health Fes...

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#177: Sue Siegel of GE Ventures on “‘Industrializing” the Entrepreneurial Mindset from 2018-04-11T01:06:43

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, CEO and Cofounder of StartUp Health, Steven Krein, talks with Sue Siegel about her newly appointed position of CIO and how the entrepreneurial mindset is key ...

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#176: Innovation Opportunities to Improve Children’s Health from 2018-04-04T17:26:04

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, pediatric experts discuss the lack of funding for children’s health, and how academic children’s hospitals, nonprofits, and industry insiders are tackling thi...

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#175: Verily’s Commitment to Improving Global Health: Jessica Mega, MD, Verily Life Sciences from 2018-03-27T21:59:40

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Jessica Mega, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer, Verily Life Sciences, talks to Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health. They discussed her journey as a ...

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#174: Fail Fast, Fail Cheap in Drug Discovery: Naheed Kurji, Cyclica from 2018-03-21T13:44:30

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Naheed Kurji, ‎President&CEO, Cyclica, talks to Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health. He shared Cyclica’s moonshot and how they are helping scientists m...

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#173: What Large Organizations Look for in Startups from 2018-03-14T00:38:25

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, lead innovation partner, Accenture, hosts a leadership panel to address the topic of the large corporate view of young startups and what they have learned fro...

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#172: Sanofi’s Vision for the Future of Health: Ameet Nathwani, MD, Sanofi from 2018-03-07T12:50:08

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of Sanofi, Ameet Nathwani, MD, chats with Chief Medical Officer of StartUp Health, Howard Krein, MD, PhD at...

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#171: Redesigning the Healthcare Model: Cost To Zero Moonshot Panel from 2018-02-28T20:50:43

In partnership with Oliver Wyman, StartUp Health presents this Cost to Zero Moonshot Panel,"Obliterating the Cost Curve: Reducing the Cost of Care by a Factor of a Million."Featuring Sam Glick, Par...

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#170: Bringing the Magic and Wonder Back to Health: Vas Narasimhan, MD, Novartis from 2018-02-21T14:45:21

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Vas Narasimhan, MD of Novartis talks to Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health. They discuss his vision for the pharmaceutical company and his thoughts on...

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#169: Words of Hope: Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States from 2018-02-14T15:27:41

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, former Vice President Joe Biden passionately addressed a standing room only crowd at the 2018 StartUp Health Festival sharing words of hope and calling for co...

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#168: Building a Balanced Model for Healthcare: Rasu Shrestha, Chief Innovation Officer, UPMC from 2018-02-07T14:37:36

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Rasu Shrestha, MD, Chief Innovation Officer, UPMC, chats with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, about the innovation strategies at the University of...

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#167: A Holistic Approach to Improving Health: ErinMcCloskey, CEO and Co-founder, E=mc2nolimits… from 2018-01-31T19:29:12

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Erin McCloskey, CEO&Co-founder, E=mc2 no limits…., chats with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, about their commitment to achieving the Happiness&Me...

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#166: How One Company Is Redefining Best Practices in Internet Technology: Gregg Alwine, Corsis from 2018-01-24T14:40:16

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Gregg Alwine of Corsis chats with StartUp Health President, Unity Stoakes, at the StartUp Health Village in New York, New York. They discussed the Corsis plat...

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#165: Before you Google Health Symptoms, Do This. Cristian Pascual, CEO&Co-founder, Mediktor from 2018-01-16T18:51:22

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Cristian Pascual, CEO&Co-founder, Mediktor, talks to Unity Stoakes, President of StartUp Health about the company’s vision and the future of symptom checkers....

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#164: Caregiver Training Goes Digital: Jo Schneier, Cognotion from 2017-12-20T15:16:27

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Jo Schneier, Cognotion, chats with President of StartUp Health, Unity Stoakes, at the StartUp Health Village in New York, New York. They discussed Cognotion’s...

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#163 Pivoting to Greater Success: Andrei Zimiles, Doctor.com from 2017-12-13T16:21:18

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Andrei Zimiles discusses the journey of Doctor.com, challenges along the way, the unique abilities of his co-workers, and how they all fit together in buildin...

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#162: The Ripple Effect: Creating Successful Startups: Doug Galen, RippleWorks from 2017-12-05T22:12:17

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Doug Galen chats with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, at the Health 2.0 2017 Conference in Santa Clara, California. He shares the mission and visi...

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#161: Predicting Disease Early to Improve Health: Sundeep Bhan, CEO&Co-founder, Prognos from 2017-11-29T14:04:19

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Sundeep Bhan chats with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, at the StartUp Health Village in New York, New York. They discussed how Prognos is using d...

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#160 : Creating a Virtuous Cycle of Health Innovation: Sarah MacArthur, MD, NYU from 2017-11-21T16:24

Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, at the Health 2.0 2017 Conference in Santa Clara, California. They talked about the innovation side of things at NYU, and how the Institute for Innovatio...

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#159: Lessons From a Man of Many Hats: Charles Huang, Lynchpin Technologies from 2017-11-15T17:40:30

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Huang talks with Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, at the StartUp Health Village, in New York, NY. He shares his perspective on the healthcare lands...

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#158: Linking EMS Data With Hospitals to Improve Care: Jonathon Feit, Beyond Lucid Technologies from 2017-11-08T12:19:09

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Feit discusses how his company is connecting ambulances with hospitals, and in the future, connecting vehicles with emergency responders directly to ambulance...

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#157: Force Therapeutics: Benefiting Patients&Healthcare Industry: Bronwyn Spira, Founder from 2017-11-01T15:35:06

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Spira and Stoakes talk about the Force Therapeutics platform and how both FORCE and other technology solutions are working to optimize value-based care. Watc...

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#135: The Tsunami of Health Innovation: Katie Richardson, Colorado Permanente Medical Group from 2017-10-25T14:40:22

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Richardson discusses CPMG’s role in Colorado’s thriving digital health ecosystem, and explains why doctors and entrepreneurs are moving to the state.Watch...

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# 156: The Rise of Open APIs in Healthcare: Aneesh Chopra, President, Care Journey from 2017-10-25T13:42:14

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Aneesh gives his perspective on the current ecosystem with the liberation of health data, capital reform, and his optimism for the future of healthcare delive...

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#155: Turning your Bra into a SUPA Power: Sabine Seymour, SUPAsport from 2017-10-18T15:24:31

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Seymour discusses the purpose behind SUPAsport, and how she is turning clothing into an Internet of Things. Watch here: https://healthtransformer.co/turning-...

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#154: Why Finland Is a Hotbed for Health Tech: Kalle Palomäki, HLD Healthy Life Devices from 2017-10-11T14:18:55

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Palomäk explains how he managed to find the right fit in the U.S. market while building a profitable business in Finland. Watch here: https://healthtransforme...

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#153: Innovation Is Changing Healthcare Around the World: Roberto Ascione, Healthware International from 2017-10-04T12:39:47

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Roberto Ascione discusses how technology is transforming healthcare, and how he and his company are making this transformation possible. Watch here: https://w...

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#152: Good Bye Thermometer, Hello MouthLab: Sathya Elumalai, Multisensor Diagnostics from 2017-09-20T18:30:05

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Elumalai discusses MouthLab, the ultimate diagnostic tool for convenient, at home vital sign analysis. Watch here: https://healthtransformer.co/good-bye-therm...

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#151: In the Neo-biological Revolution, You Will Hack Your Body: Jane Metcalfe, Neo.life from 2017-09-13T17:33

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Metcalfe discusses the technological and cultural trends behind the neobiological revolution, and explains how this revolution will touch the lives of everyon...

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#150: Reimagining Healthcare Together: Mike Biselli, Catalyst HTI from 2017-08-31T13:43:12

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Biselli explains why established healthcare organizations need to collaborate with Health Transformers, and describes how Catalyst HTI will make collaboration...

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#149: This Smart Pill Bottle Will Remind You to Take Your Meds: Josh Stein, AdhereTech from 2017-08-30T13:39:51

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Stein discusses the benefits of using smart pill bottle technology, not only for the patient, but across all sectors of healthcare. Watch here: https://health...

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#148: These Smart Devices Are Transforming Respiratory Care: Dan Weinstein, Cohero Health from 2017-08-23T14:30:16

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Weinstein explains how Cohero Health is giving patients the information they need to be healthier, while providing clinicians with the data they need to make ...

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#147 Revolutionizing the Diagnosis of Brain Disorders: John Kelley, CereScan from 2017-08-17T19:19:23

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Kelley shares his vision for the future of brain health, and describes what CereScan is doing to make that vision a reality. Watch here: https://healthtransfo...

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#146: Moving Data, Not Patients: Avi Seidmann, University of Rochester Simon Business School from 2017-08-16T14:20:40

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Seidmann talks about the d.health Summit, and explains why he believes technology is becoming a power multiplier for the individual physician. Watch here: ht...

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#145: This Is Why It’s important to Be Batteries Included: Alan Curtis, Innosphere from 2017-08-10T18:35:36

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Curtis describes the onboarding process at Innosphere and how the incubator is to contributing to Colorado’s booming digital health ecosystem. Watch here: htt...

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#144: Why This Angel Investor Loves the Quadruple Aim: Joni Kripal, galeforce advisor from 2017-08-03T14:21:03

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Kripal discusses her investment strategies, and offers advice to entrepreneurs who are entering the healthcare space. Watch here: https://healthtransformer.co...

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#143: Cracking the Code on Population Health: Jeff Hersh, GE HealthCare Systems from 2017-08-02T16:13:54

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Hersh describes how technological progress is improving healthcare — not only in the U.S., but around the world. Watch here: https://healthtransformer.coH...

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#142: Innovators Are Building the Health System of the Future: Todd Evenson, MGMA from 2017-07-27T15:59:31

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Evenson details MGMA’s strategy for engaging with health innovators, touching on the association’s long-term plans, its current collaborations, and its decisi...

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#141: The Emerging Power of Patients to Help Cure Rare Diseases: Manu Kodiyan Althea Health from 2017-07-27T15:50:37

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Kodiyan discusses how Altheahealth is leveraging technology and patient communities to find solutions for rare diseases.Watch here: https://healthtransformer....

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#140: Innovating in Health: Turning Ideas into Solutions: Jill Dailey&Mark Prince, Accenture from 2017-07-24T19:58:41

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dailey and Prince share their hopes for this year’s HealthTech Innovation Challenge, and explain why it’s important in today’s health ecosystem to collaborate...

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#138: Key takeaways from StartUp Health Insight’s Mid-Year Digital Health Report from 2017-07-13T13:55:06

Troy Bannister and Unity Stoakes discuss the highlights from StartUp Health's mid-year insights report (Q2 2017). Watch here: https://healthtransformer.co/digital-health-funding-snapshot-over-6-5m-...

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#139: How mHealth Is Improving Access to Care Worldwide: Kaakpema Yelpaala, access.mobile from 2017-07-13T13:33:20

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Yelpaala discusses the role that mobile technology is playing in Africa’s economic growth, and how that technology is improving access to care for people in e...

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#137: The Power of Collaboration: Jake Rishavy, Denver South Economic Partnership from 2017-07-06T12:45:28

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Rishavy talks about Colorado’s culture of collaboration, and explains how engaging with an entrepreneurial ecosystem can help startups thrive. Watch here: htt...

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#136: Health Tech With a Human Touch: David Weingard, Fit4D from 2017-07-05T23:56:21

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Weingard discusses the importance of a more personalized approach to diabetes management — what he refers to as “the human touch.” “You can take care of yours...

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#134: A Burning Man for Healthcare Geeks, Callie Fisher, StartUp Health from 2017-06-28T12:24:25

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Fisher explains why she’s excited about the 2018 StartUp Health Festival, and describes what attendees can expect to encounter at the event.Watch here: https:...

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#133: A Fitbit for Standing Desks: Erik Carver, StandLogix from 2017-06-22T01:46:42

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Erik Carter discusses his purpose behind Standlogix and the importance of movement at work. He also shares his views on why he feels healthcare is the next in...

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#132: A Forward-Thinking Approach to Health IT: Dr. Martin Harris, Cleveland Clinic from 2017-06-21T15:14:52

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Harris discusses his new book and advises entrepreneurs how to develop solutions that healthcare institutions like the Cleveland Clinic can embrace. Watc...

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#131: Why We Need to Rethink the Healthcare Ecosystem: Steve Adams, Prime Health from 2017-06-15T23:26:26

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Steve Adams, CEO of Prime Health, describes what his organization is doing to expand opportunities for innovators in Colorado, and shares his hopes for the fu...

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#130: The Startup That’s Bringing Consumerism to Healthcare: Joe Marino, openDoctor from 2017-06-13T22:47:22

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Joe Marino, CEO of openDoctor, talks about how current trends in healthcare consumerism are transforming the industry, and shares what his company is doing to...

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#129: Building Bridges Between Innovators&Health Systems: Morgan Honea, CORHIO from 2017-06-08T01:50:52

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Morgan Honea, CEO of CORHIO, shares what his organization is doing to build bridges between innovators and health systems, and offers advice to entrepreneurs ...

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#128: The Power of a Health Transformer Mindset: Steve Lohr, New York Times from 2017-06-07T02:07:51

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Steve Lohr, New York Times business reporter and author of Data-ism, talks about the different entrepreneurs he has written about, and explains why he thinks ...

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#127: Helping Colorado’s Health Innovators Thrive: April Giles, Colorado Bioscience Association from 2017-06-01T17:06:21

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, April Giles, CEO and president of the Colorado Bioscience Association, discusses what her organization is doing to support innovation. Watch Here: https://he...

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#126: Health Innovation’s Golden Age: Michael Greeley, Flare Capital from 2017-05-31T13:07:01

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Flare Capital Cofounder Michael Greeley shares what makes him excited about the next wave of digital health companies, and explains why he believes health inn...

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#124: A Mobile Game That Monitors Your Brain: Clarence Carlos, RC21X from 2017-05-25T19:08:11

What if a game could give your brain a check-up? In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Clarence Carlos, CEO of RC21X, shares how his company is helping former NFL players assess their cognition, a...

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#125: Pushing Healthcare Forward with Dr. Ben Bynum from 2017-05-25T15:12:42

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Ben Bynum, portfolio director of the Colorado Health Foundation, discusses his organization’s development of an impact investment strategy, and explains w...

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#123: Julie Reisetter on Why Entrepreneurs&Clinicians Need to Work Together from 2017-05-23T02:08:29

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Julie Reisetter, VP of innovation at UCHealth, describes how UCHealth’s clinicians, executives, and administrators collaborate with innovators, and offers adv...

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#122: Using Medical Tourism to Locate Top Notch Physicians from 2017-05-17T16:01:48

On this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Health Transformer and CEO of VoyagerMed Anthony Girand chats with StartUp Health Co-founder and CEO Steven Krein about creating an innovative inbound ...

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#121: A Conversation With Lt. Gov of Colorado Donna Lynne and Unity Stoakes from 2017-05-17T15:29:07

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne explains why Colorado is such an attractive place for health innovators, while describing some of the health and wellness problems the st...

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#120: A Conversation with Data-ism Author Steve Lohr, with Unity Stoakes from 2017-05-10T21:43:24

In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, New York Times reporter and Data-ism author Steve Lohr describes the current explosion of big data technology, and explains why this boom is convincing...

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#119: Dr. Joshua Schiffman of the Huntsman Cancer Institute from 2017-05-03T13:17:34

What can elephant DNA teach us about cancer? In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Joshua Schiffman, a pediatric oncologist and researcher at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, explains why...

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#117: Transforming an Industry with Vinod Khosla from 2017-04-19T13:43:07

In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, speaks with Steve Krein, CEO of StartUp Health, about how entrepreneurs will transform health and wellness, w...

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#116: Lessons from the White House Cancer Moonshot with Greg Simon from 2017-04-11T21:23

We have the opportunity to end cancer as we know it during our lifetimes. In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Greg Simon, director of the Biden Foundation’s Cancer Initiative, shares what...

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#115: Jerry Levin: This is a Revolution from 2017-03-29T13:08:12

A revolution is taking place in healthcare. In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Unity Stoakes, president of StartUp Health, talks about this revolution with Jerry Levin, the organization’...

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#114: Children’s Health Moonshots: Transforming the Way We Care for Children from 2017-03-22T19:24:29

How can innovation transform the way we care for children? In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson, chief of digital innovation at Seattle Children’s Hospital, chats wit...

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#118: A Global Approach to Transforming Health–Bill McDermott, CEO, SAP from 2017-03-14T22:20:32

How will enterprise software giant SAP help startups transform health and wellness? In this week’s episode of StartUp Health NOW, SAP CEO Bill McDermott offers advice to entrepreneurs, and explains...

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#113: The Rise of Healthcare’s Emerging Innovation Hubs from 2017-03-07T15:15:14

Health innovation leaders chat at the 2017 StartUp Health Festival about how their individual projects and institutions are rethinking health and healthcare with a shared goal of improving health a...

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#112: Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge: Leadership Panel from 2017-03-01T12:27:05

In this latest episode of StartUp Health NOW!, thought leaders from the world's largest health systems and health technology companies gather at the StartUp Health Festival to engage in an interest...

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#111: Cost to Zero Moonshots–Radically Reducing Healthcare Costs–Jonathan Bush, athenahealth from 2017-02-27T22:36:50

In this Fireside Chat, Jonathan Bush, CEO&Co-founder of athenahealth, engages in a lively banter with author&Wall Street Journal columnist Andy Kessler at the 2017 StartUp Health Festival about bui...

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#108: Longevity Moonshots with Dr. J. Craig Venter from 2017-02-25T02:16:51

Dr. J. Craig Venter, Founder and Executive Chairman of Human Longevity, Inc., delivers a fascinating fireside chat on Longevity Moonshots at the 2017 StartUp Health Festival about interpreting geno...

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#100: Transforming Disease w Data, Tech&Personalized Medicine-Mike Pellini, MD, Foundation Medicine from 2017-02-15T03:25:13

Mike Pellini, MD, Chairman of the Board of Directors for Foundation Medicine, sits down with StartUp Health co-founder Unity Stoakes at the 2017 StartUp Health Festival for a Fireside Chat on analy...

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#109: Access to Care Moonshots: Delivering Quality Care to the World from 2017-02-08T15:33:08

Melanie Evans, health reporter for the Wall Street Journal, moderates a lively Fireside Chat with Toby Cosgrove, MD, CEO&President, Cleveland Clinic; Steven J. Corwin, MD, CEO, NY-Presbyterian Hosp...

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#107: Building Your Network–Wayne Kimmel, Managing Partner, SeventySix Capital from 2017-01-18T15:05:04

Wayne Kimmel, Managing Partner at SeventySix Capital, talks about his decision to become a venture capitalist, raising his first fund, his advice on building your network “one business card at a ti...

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#106: Fundamentals for Digital Health Startups: Mike Vennera, Independence Blue Cross from 2017-01-04T18:32:47

Mike Vennera, Chief Information Officer of Independence Blue Cross, discusses how medical trends and changes driven by the ACA are creating big shifts in the healthcare system, exciting innovations...

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#105: Digital Health Innovations With Moonshot-Based Thinking–Brian Kalis, Accenture Health from 2016-12-21T15:48:29

Brian Kalis, Managing Director of Accenture Health, discusses the digital landscape around innovation, venture and startups, what solutions he feels are still needed to be built by innovators and h...

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#104: Capturing and Sharing Life Stories for Better Health–Beth Sanders, LifeBio from 2016-12-14T14:25:10

Health Transformer Beth Sanders, Founder and CEO of LifeBio, chats with StartUp Health Co-Founder&President, Unity Stoakes, about how LifeBio is helping people capture and share their stories in he...

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#103: Delivering Smarter Patient Care Decisions with A.I.–Avinash Kodey, MDOps from 2016-12-07T14:34:51

In this week's episode of StartUp Health NOW! MDOps Co-founder and CEO, Avinash Kodey, talks about his background in AI, workflow automation, and how MDOps is helping health care professionals deli...

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#102: Revolutionizing the Future of Orthopedics–Teddy Hodges, BRACEUNDER from 2016-12-01T00:33:13

Health Transformer Teddy Hodges, co-founder and CEO of BRACEUNDER, discusses his company's cutting edge technology in the restorative and therapeutic treatment of orthopedic injury and the impact B...

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#101:–Kimberly Muller, Director of CU Innovations, Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado from 2016-11-16T22:36:12

Kimberly Muller, Director of CU Innovations, Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado, talks about the collaboration between StartUp Health and the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the u...

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#100: Improving Doctor to Patient Communication–Eran Kabakov, Docola: from 2016-11-09T01:59:03

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW!, Health Transformer Eran Kabakov, Co-founder and CEO of Docola, discusses Docola’s mission, the StartUp Health Mindset, and his biggest challenges. GUEST: Er...

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#99: Advancing Oral Health With Teledentistry–Brant Herman, MouthWatch from 2016-11-02T13:14:14

Brant Herman, CEO and Founder of MouthWatch, talks about the company’s mission, what he has learned through the process of pivoting MouthWatch’s original business model and his vision of improving ...

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#98: Building a Global Solution for Mental Health Care: Ritvik Singh, PsyInnovations from 2016-10-12T13:33:07

Ritvik Singh, Co-founder and CEO of PsyInnovations, discusses the problems faced by India’s population in accessing mental health care and the role in which his newest app, wayForward, is working t...

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#97: At The Intersection of Disrupting Healthcare: Craig Robertson&Jim Cleffi, Accenture from 2016-10-05T15:40:45

Craig Robertson and Jim Cleffi, Managing Directors at Accenture, talk about the intersection between their life sciences and healthcare clients and the startup and broader ecosystem. This dialogue ...

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#96: “The Big Heist”–Dave Chase from 2016-09-28T13:37:01

Dave Chase, Health Transformer, serial entrepreneur, author and now filmmaker, discusses his new film project “The Big Heist.” GUEST: Dave Chase, The Big HeistHOST: Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health L...

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#95: The Politics of Hospital Innovation–Ira Brind, Pulse Equity Partners from 2016-09-21T14:34:33

In this episode of StartUp Health NOW!, active investor and thought leader, Ira Brind, discusses how the politics of hospital innovation impact healthcare transformation, plus a few examples of fac...

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#94: Cracking the Code on Mobile Brain Monitoring–Nathan Intrator, Neurosteer from 2016-09-14T12:21:45

Nathan Intrator, Professor of Computer Science and Founder of Neurosteer, talks about the progress his company has made in the development of new applications for brain monitoring, the impact home ...

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#93: Powering the Future of Health–Hunter Howard, Hormone Therapeutics from 2016-09-07T18:55:43

Hunter Howard, Health Transformer and President of Hormone Therapeutics, talks about the company's mission, what gets him excited about the future of healthcare and his healthcare predictions for c...

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#92: Small Data’s Impact in Transforming Our Lives–Deborah Estrin, Cornell Tech from 2016-08-31T12:57:15

Deborah Estrin, Professor of Computer Science and Director at the small data lab@CornellTech, chats about how “small data” — our digital patterns and interactions — can help physicians by creating ...

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#91: Using Artificial Intelligence to Transform Healthcare–Pinaki Dasgupta, Hindsait from 2016-08-24T11:45:33

Artificial intelligence and predictive analytics company Hindsait is harnessing the power of AI and predictive analytics and using machine-learning techniques to analyze data to transform healthcar...

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#90: Digital Technology Is Transforming the Way Athletes Train–Sky Christopherson, OAthlete from 2016-08-17T14:33:42

Sky Christopherson, Olympic cyclist&founder of OAthlete, discusses the mission of OAthlete, how digital technology is influencing the way athletes train and why data can be more powerful than drugs...

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#89: On Becoming a Doctorpreneur, an Evolutionary Journey Thomas Tsang, MD, Valera Health from 2016-08-10T13:03:02

Dr. Thomas Tsang, CEO and cofounder of Valera Health, talks about his life transforming work going from a practicing internist to writing legislation for the Affordable Care Act, his decision to ...

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#88: Helping Consumerize Health Insurance–Sally Poblete, Wellthie from 2016-08-03T13:46:48

Sally Poblete, Founder&CEO of Wellthie, chats about her mission, how the Affordable Care Act has given the insurance industry an opportunity for disruption and keeping a positive mindset through th...

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#87: The Maker Movement in Healthcare–Susannah Fox, HHS from 2016-07-27T02:42:21

Susannah Fox, CTO at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, discusses the Invent Health initiative and the potential she sees in the creation of new tools in and around improving innovat...

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#86: Pharma’s Digital Transformation–Bruno Villetelle&Nicole Mowad-Nassar, Takeda Pharma from 2016-07-20T12:50:23

Bruno Villetelle, Chief Digital Officer, and Nicole Mowad-Nassar, Vice President of Marketing at Takeda Pharmaceutical, discuss their embarkation on a digital transformation journey; how commercial...

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#85: Solutions for Behavior Change in Corporate Wellness–Chris Cutter, LifeDojo from 2016-07-13T17:12:15

Chris Cutter, founder and CEO of LifeDojo, discusses his reasons for building a behavioral health company, advice on breaking into the corporate wellness market, what’s next for LifeDojo and a pers...

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#84: Turning Accidents into Opportunities–Dr. Philip Low, NeuroVigil from 2016-07-06T14:54:25

Dr. Philip Low, Founder, Chairman and CEO of NeuroVigil, discusses the mission of his neurodiagnostics company, the importance of taking risks in building your business and how unexpected circumsta...

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#83: Pioneering Behavioral Health Solutions–Eve Phillips, Empower Interactive from 2016-06-29T13:13:53

Eve Phillips, CEO and co-founder of Empower Interactive discusses the mission of Empower Interactive, her thoughts on whether to focus on the business model or product at the early stages of a busi...

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#82: “Doctorpreneurs” Innovating Today in Healthcare–Dr. Keith Black, Cedars-Sinai from 2016-06-22T13:08:15

Keith L. Black, MD, Chairman and Professor, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai, discusses his passion and focus on brain tumors and other brain disorders, the movement he sees in healthcare...

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#81 Harnessing Information Technology for a Common Objective–Manu Kodiyan, Althea Health from 2016-06-15T22:45:29

Manu Kodiyan, Co-Founder&CEO of Althea Health, chats with StartUp Health Co-Founder&President, Unity Stoakes, about the huge opportunities Althea Health presents in disrupting pharma by helping eng...

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#80: The Importance of Passion in Building Your Digital Health Company–Ron Gutman, HealthTap from 2016-06-08T13:25:59

Ron Gutman, CEO and founder of HealthTap, sits down with StartUp Health Co-Founder and President, Unity Stoakes to discuss HealthTap’s mission, apply technology to healthcare and the importance of ...

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#79: The New Reality of Social Data–Andreas Weigend, Social Data Lab from 2016-06-01T02:51:14

In this StartUp Health NOW! episode, Andreas Weigend of Social Data Lab discusses the future of big data, the refining of this data to alter market decisions and his advice to startups about using ...

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#78: Solving Real World Problems Through Technology–Vivek Wadhwa, Stanford Law School from 2016-05-25T17:50:40

Academic, researcher, writer and serial entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa, discusses advances in technology and urges entrepreneurs to focus on healthcare developments that can solve the world’s health pro...

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#77: Changing the Face of Cancer–Jasvir Zonobi, Kuveda from 2016-05-18T21:37:22

http://www.startuphealth.com/video/index/46331 Jasvir Zonobi, Kuveda Co-founder&CEO, and Unity Stoakes, StartUp Health Co-founder&President, delve into Kuveda’s approach to transforming healthcare ...

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#76: Dr. Thomas Graham, Tavistock Group&Lake Nona Institute from 2016-05-11T19:13:06

Dr. Thomas Graham, Global Chairman at Lake Nona Institute and former Chief of Innovation at Cleveland Clinic discusses how being a physician made him passionate about innovation and the opportuniti...

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#75: Dr. Dean Ornish, Ornish Living&Christina Farr, Fast Company from 2016-05-04T17:46:29

Physician, author and founder of Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Dr. Dean Ornish, engages with journalist Christina Farr of Fast Company at the StartUp Health Festival for an educational di...

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#74: Building Billion Dollar Businesses–DLA, GE, Arsenal, Cambia&Caremerge from 2016-04-27T02:23:38

At the StartUp Health Festival, panelists Ruchita Sinha of GE Ventures, Casey Silver of Arsenal Venture Partners, Matt Karls of Cambia Health Solutions, and Asif Khan of Caremerge, join host Jay Su...

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#73: Transforming an Industry–Esther Dyson, Jerry Levin&Steven Krein from 2016-04-20T20:40:23

Chairman of StartUp Health, Jerry Levin, and angel investor Esther Dyson engage in an important conversation about the transformation of healthcare and what it takes to foster an ecosystem of healt...

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StartUp Health NOW!: Analyzing Social Media to Improve Your Marketing–Paul Dyer, W2O Group from 2016-04-15T21:19:22

Paul Dyer, President of Analytics and Insights of W2O Group, discusses using social data in effective marketing communications and the advantages of using insights + analytics in the early stages o...

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#72: The Power to Extend Life–Craig Venter, PhD,&Sue Siegel from 2016-04-13T15:16:33

Sue Siegel, CEO of GE Ventures, sits down with J. Craig Venter, PhD, one of the leading scientists of the 21st century, at the StartUp Health Festival to chat about the power of our “software of li...

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#70: More Disruption Please–Jonathan Bush, athenahealth, + Stephanie Lee, BuzzFeed from 2016-03-30T03:50:25

Jonathan Bush, athenahealth, and Stephanie Lee of BuzzFeed sit down at the StartUp Health Festival to dig into such topics as how to tell when your startup needs to pivot or go public, the biggest ...

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#69: Balancing Moonshots With Pragmatism–Bob Kocher, MD and Thomas Goetz from 2016-03-23T17:25:16

Bob Kocher, MD, partner at Venrock, sits down with entrepreneur and author Thomas Goetz at the StartUp Health Festival for a lively banter about the changing healthcare landscape and “making health...

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#68: Investing in Healthcare Moonshots–Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures from 2016-03-16T17:30:06

Vinod Khosla, entrepreneur, investor, technologist and founder of Khosla Ventures, talks about how he is breaking the mold for venture capital investing, what makes an entrepreneur successful, harn...

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#71: Meg Fitzgerald, Cardinal Health, + Matt McAskin, Evercore Partners from 2016-03-14T00:38:32

Meghan Fitzgerald, EVP at Cardinal Health, and Matthew McAskin, Senior Managing Director at Evercore Partners, sit down at the StartUp Health Festival to discuss the importance of large organizatio...

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#67: The Evolution of an Entrepreneur–Jean Anne Booth, UnaliWear from 2016-03-09T20:16:17

Serial entrepreneur Jean Anne Booth explains why she founded UnaliWear and the difference in building this company versus her other companies. She also chats about the evolution of her entrepreneur...

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#66: Moonshots in Healthcare: The End of Cancer As We Know It–Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, NantWorks from 2016-03-02T18:22:01

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, surgeon, medical researcher, businessman, philanthropist and professor, sits down with StartUp Health CMO, Dr. Howard Krein, to discuss his ambitious undertakings in reform...

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#65: The Importance of External Innovation–Dr. Nick Turkal, Aurora Health Care from 2016-02-24T04:43:54

Aurora Health Care CEO, Nick Turkal, MD, sits down with Unity Stoakes at the StartUp Health Festival for a fireside chat to discuss the importance of both external and internal innovation in today’...

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#64: Pivoting Your Business Model–Drew Schiller, Validic from 2016-02-17T09:00:10

Co-founder and CTO of Validic, Drew Schiller, discusses the importance of pivoting and aligning your business model with a market that is telling you what they really want, and he shares lessons le...

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#63: A New Era for Brain Health–Adam Simon, Cerora from 2016-02-10T21:16:34

Co-founder and CEO of Cerora, Adam Simon, discusses how his company is transforming the detection of brain injuries -- by creating objective and accurate diagnostic information about the brain usin...

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#62: Improving the Patient Experience–Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, THINK Health from 2016-02-07T10:04:04

Health economist, advisor and communicator, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, sits down with Unity Stoakes to discuss improving the patient experience, moving the needle on health for middle America and Jane’s a...

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#61: Doctor’s Orders, On Demand–Rebecca Norlander&Rachel Lanham, Health123 from 2016-02-07T10:03:58

Rebecca Norlander and Rachel Lanham, co-founders of Health123, discuss how they are empowering patients’ health self-efficacy. They also offer advice to entrepreneurs on the importance of having a ...

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#60: Innovating Healthcare Within Government–Susannah Fox, HHS from 2016-01-22T06:03:47

Susannah Fox, CTO at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, talks about the many programs and initiatives within HHS; and inspiring entrepreneurs to focus on innovating within underserve...

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#59: Disruption in Healthcare = Opportunities for Venture Capitalists–Leslie Bottorff, GE Ventures from 2016-01-13T17:28:51

Leslie Bottorff, Managing Director of Healthcare at GE Ventures, sits down with Unity Stoakes to discuss being a VC in the healthcare sector and the exciting future of healthcare innovations.GUEST:...

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#58: Building Brands by Promoting Wellness: JD Cassidy, Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness from 2016-01-08T23:51:23

JD Cassidy, Managing Director of Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness, discusses the company's unique perspective to branding, with an emphasis on the role that emotion plays in wellness and decision making....

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#57: Open Data’s Potential in Healthcare – Andy Krackov, CHCF from 2015-12-22T23:28:49

Andy Krackov, Associate Director of External Engagement at California HealthCare Foundation, discusses the tremendous potential open data has to raise awareness, change policy and impact behavior c...

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#56: Facilitating Behavior Change Globally – Pablo Pantaleoni, Medtep from 2015-12-16T14:06:18

Pablo Pantaleoni, CEO & Co-founder of Medtep, discusses how his company’s global strategy, core team and “no pilots” rule is creating a business to facilitate lasting behavioral change around the w...

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#55: Technology to Improve Doctor-Patient Communication – Henry Kane, MedXCom from 2015-12-16T01:10:34

Henry Kane, President and CEO of MedXCom, discusses the challenges of doctor and patient communication and the company’s mission to transform and improve connectivity.

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#54: Embracing Entrepreneurship – Dr. Toby Cosgrove, Cleveland Clinic from 2015-12-02T15:26:48

Cleveland Clinic President & CEO, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, discusses the transformation of healthcare through the adoption of virtual visits, finding new technologies and Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.
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#53: Building a Great Business Model – David Weingard, Fit4D from 2015-11-25T14:05:41

David Weingard, CEO and founder of Fit4D discusses the world of diabetes innovation, focusing on a great business model, and lessons learned while raising your A?round.

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#52: Driving Consumer Health: Home Care & Diagnostics – Willem Houck, ClariFlow from 2015-11-18T14:54:38

StartUp Health NOW! #52: Driving Consumer Health: Home Care & Diagnostics - Willem Houck, ClariFlow

Willem Houck, CEO and Founder of IDx Ventures' ClariFlow, talks about a majo...

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#51: Announcing StartUp Health Finland – Eero Toivainen, Finpro from 2015-11-18T14:12:11

Team Finland Health and Finpro Program Director, Eero Toivainen, discusses the digital health landscape in Finland, why the country is a hotbed for health innovation and the exciting announcement o...

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#50: Technology + Kids to Improve Health – Margaret Laws, HopeLab, with Michelle Snyder, Welltok from 2015-11-04T13:10:20

Margaret Laws, President & CEO of HopeLab, discusses the ways HopeLab is using a big mission as their foundation to bring technology and kids together to improve health & wellness. Later in the epi...

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#48: Fringe Technology Will Transform Healthcare – Indu Subaiya, Health 2.0 from 2015-10-21T16:59:07

Health 2.0 Co-chairman and CEO Indu Subaiya discusses the next phase of health innovation and why we have to keep looking at fringe technology to transform healthcare.

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#47: The Tech Platform Doctors Are Flocking To – Andrei Zimiles, Doctor.com from 2015-10-14T17:05:12

Doctor.com Founder and CEO Andrei Zimiles discusses the disruption health care professionals are experiencing today and how technology is helping and challenging them at the same time.

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#46: Strategizing Your Brand – Rob Cronin, WCG from 2015-10-07T21:09:12

How do you make your startup stand out from the crowd? Rob Cronin of WCG shares how entrepreneurs can abandon traditional media strategies to become their own publishers.

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#45: The Next Generation Media Model – Derek Flanzraich, Greatist from 2015-09-30T18:32:39

“Like an artist works on art, a greatist works on being great.” - Derek Flanzraich, CEO & Founder of Greatist, discusses the next generation media model, the impact of brand + design and entreprene...

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#44: Venture Capitalism in Digital Health – Robert Mittendorff, MD, MBA, Norwest Venture Partners from 2015-09-23T16:01:55

Robert Mittendorff, MD, MBA, Principal at Norwest Venture Partners discusses how he brings his experience as a physician to his role at Norwest, top digital health themes to get excited about and t...

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#43: Transforming How People Experience Health – Dr. Douglas Wood, Mayo Clinic from 2015-09-16T16:29

“Always Be There for Me” - a tagline from Dr. Douglas Wood and his team at the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. Dr. Wood discusses how his strategy behind innovating to help patients better make ...

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#42: Wearable Electronics – Roozbeh Ghaffari, MC10 from 2015-09-10T20:53:59

Is the healthcare industry really ready for wearables? Roozbeh Ghaffari, Co-Founder & VP of Technology at MC10 discusses wearable electronics, explains how they have (and have not) been accepted by...

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#41: Neuroscience & Digital Health – Nathan Intrator, Neurosteer from 2015-08-19T22:21:49

What’s in store for the future of neuroscience? According to Nathan Intrator, Founder of Neurosteer, although we haven’t made much progress with studying the brain in recent decades, the future loo...

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#40: Functional Medicine – Robin Berzin, MD, Parsley Health from 2015-08-12T18:15:41

What role is functional medicine playing in healthcare today? Dr. Robin Berzin, Founder of Parsley Health, discusses how she has built her company to become the first modern affordable functional m...

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#38: Data and Consumer Health Tim Davenport, Consumable Science from 2015-07-22T04:36:24

How can patients better understand the data behind their health? Tim Davenport, CEO of Consumable Science, explains how the company’s MyBodyScore will allow patients to easily

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#37: Esther Dyson on Importance of Health + Data from 2015-07-15T16:20:51

Esther Dyson sits down with StartUp Health to discuss the importance of health + data and how startups can being to pull away from the redundancy in the market. We also hear about how she is impact...

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#36 The Human Experience of Data – Anish Sebastian & Juan Pablo Segura, Babyscripts from 2015-07-08T15:52:21

How does the human experience affect the data used in digital health today? Anish Sebastian and Juan Pablo Segura, Co-Founders of Babyscripts, discuss how the human experience of data is being embe...

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#35: Data in the Healthcare Universe from 2015-07-01T17:04:20

How important is data for healthcare? Bryan Sivak, Former CTO, US Department of Health & Human Services, discusses the importance of connecting and syncing healthcare data, how digital health start...

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#34: Tech Trends in Underserved Communities – Joseph Flesh, Purple Binder from 2015-06-24T17:11:05

How do technological trends in underserved communities affect the design and implementation of your product? Joseph Flesh, Co-Founder and President of Purple Binder, discusses how he designed his t...

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#33: Aneesh Chopra on Finding the Opportunity to Bring Innovation to Healthcare from 2015-06-17T20:40:15

Aneesh Chopra, Co-Founder of Hunch Analytics and Former United States Government Chief Technology Officer, discusses the challenge of bringing innovation to an industry that’s resistant to change a...

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#31: Making Digital Health Invisible – Victor Penev, Edamam from 2015-06-11T18:30:53

Victor Penev, Founder & CEO of Startup Health company Edamam, discusses how his business is powering nutrition technology and the future of behavior change in healthcare.

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#32: Steve Case on Building Successful Healthcare Startups from 2015-06-10T17:21:27

Steve Case, chairman and CEO of Revolution and co-founder of America Online, speaks about opportunities in the healthcare sector as it becomes transformed by technology and entrepreneurship. Firesi...

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#30: Leveraging Unique Abilities to Drive Success – Reed Mollins, Doctor.com from 2015-05-28T04:49:10

Doctor.com Co-Founder and Vice President of Business Development, Reed Mollins, discusses the history of Doctor.com, how the team came together and entrepreneurial challenges and lessons learned.

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#29: Three Pillars Shaping Digital Health Funding – Matt Karls, Cambia from 2015-05-02T06:28:20

Patient communication, consumer marketplaces and senior care are seeing a wave of activity as new startups focus on unmet needs. Matt Karls, Assistant Director of Strategic Investments at Cambia, d...

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#28: Funding the Future of Digital Health – Reid Robison, MD, Tute Genomics from 2015-04-30T21:57:06

Tute Genomics Founder and CEO Reid Robison, MD, shares insights on how human genome sequencing will change the future of medicine and how being the first company on the StartUp Health AngelList syn...

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#27: Big Data for Big Results – Melissa Manice, CoheroHealth from 2015-04-16T04:30:35

Does a digital health startup have to choose between developing great hardware or creating accurate software? In the latest episode of StartUp Health NOW, Melissa Manice, Founder and CEO of CoheroH...

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#26: Designing Digital Health for Impact in Underserved Communities – Inder Singh, Kinsa from 2015-04-10T02:16:41

Can a digital health startup succeed through good intentions alone? Inder Singh, Founder and CEO of smart thermometer Kinsa, explores the pros and cons of starting his business with no product and ...

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#25: Can Entrepreneurs and the FDA Finally Get Along? – Jonathan Javitt, Telcare from 2015-04-10T02:05:58

Telcare Vice Chairman & Founder, Jonathan Javitt explores why the FDA is allowing entrepreneurs more freedom than ever before and shares his experience pushing healthcare innovation forward with th...

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#24: From Clinic to Startup: The ‘Aha Moment” of a Doctorpreneur – Bronwyn Spira, FORCE Therapeutics from 2015-03-25T22:28:48

FORCE Therapeutics Founder and CEO Bronwyn Spira shares her journey from physical therapist to Healthcare Transformer and explores how she’s scaling her virtual treatment platform to reach thousand...

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#23: The Why That Makes an Entrepreneur – Sherwin Sheik, Carelinx from 2015-03-18T23:57:50

“Being an entrepreneur is not easy, unless you're driven by something that is very strong and you have a lot of passion for it.” Sherwin Sheik, Founder & CEO of CareLinx, explores the personal insp...

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#22: Corporate VCs Aligning with Startups – JC Simbana, Silicon Valley Bank from 2015-03-12T00:26:33

Why are corporate VCs handing out big bucks to early stage digital health startups? JC Simbana, VP of Life Science and Digital Health at Silicon Valley Bank, shares the scoop on how big businesses ...

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#20: Commercializing with Healthcare’s Biggest Stakeholders – Julie Murchinson from 2015-03-05T04:31:01

For the best patient care, health technology needs a human touch. Julie Murchinson, CEO of Health Evolution Summit, provides insight into how innovators, philanthropists and policy makers are makin...

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#21: Dismissing the Naysayers – Hesky Kutscher, CareDox from 2015-03-05T04:30:09

“There were enough people around me who believed in us, which is key.” Hesky Kutscher, Founder and CEO of CareDox, shares how shifting his business plan and dismissing the naysayers helped him find...

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#18: Healthcare Giants & Small Startups – Missy Krasner, Box from 2015-03-05T04:09:56

Can healthcare giants and small startups grow together? We think so. Missy Krasner, Managing Director of Healthcare at Box, shares the scoop on exciting opportunities between industry leaders and t...

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#17: Entrepreneurial Inspiration – Blain Tomlinson, WalkJoy from 2015-03-05T02:38:02

The best entrepreneurial inspiration comes from personal experience. Learn how a medical crisis close to home motivated Blain Tomlinson, Founder and CEO of WalkJoy, to create a device that has tran...

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#16: Rafael Torres on the Global Reimagination of Healthcare from 2015-01-30T00:03:19

Senior Managing Director & Healthcare Leader of GE Ventures, Rafael Torres, sits down for a fireside chat with StartUp Health CEO & Co-Founder Steven Krein at the January 2015 StartUp Health Showca...

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#15: Predictive Analytics for Autism Therapy – ABPathfinder from 2015-01-29T23:59:14

In this week's episode of StartUp Health NOW!, Jeff Blackwood, Co-Founder & CEO/President, and Kelly Kerns, Co-Founder & COO, of ABPathfinder discuss how they are tackling the huge problem of one i...

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#14: Assessing the Opportunity in Underserved Communities – Margaret Laws, CHCF from 2015-01-29T23:52:37

How do you develop a healthcare startup with social impact? Margaret Laws from the California HealthCare Foundation discusses how entrepreneurs can focus on opportunities to bring their innovations...

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#13: The Right Team is Key to Startup Success – Kurt Brenkus, Aver Informatics from 2015-01-07T23:43:45

How do you build a successful startup? Team is key. Kurt Brenkus, CEO of Aver Informatics, highlights the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur and discusses how hiring the right team has been th...

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#12: Industry Trends & Predictions – Nick Augustinos, Cardinal Health from 2014-12-17T04:13:45

Nick Augustinos, SVP of Health Information Services & Strategy at Cardinal Health, brings 35 years of experience in healthcare to predict upcoming industry trends. He also discusses the most import...

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#11: Public Payors & Government Orgs – Care at Hand and Dr. Karen Matsuoka from 2014-12-11T01:10:27

Care at Hand Co-Founder & CEO, Dr. Andrey Ostrovsky, and Stanford d.school scholar, Karen Matsuoka, give insight into how entrepreneurs can best tackle the challenge of working with government orga...

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#9: Unlocking Grants and Underserved Communities – Healthify from 2014-11-26T20:16:48

Manik Bhat (Co-founder & CEO, Healthify) shares his secrets to finding grants and alternative sources of funding for entrepreneurs and startups focused on underserved communities and beyond.

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#8: The ACA and Underserved Communities – Wellthie and EmblemHealth from 2014-11-12T18:06:06

Sally Poblete (Founder & CEO, Wellthie) & Sana Hashmi (Director of Healthcare Reform Strategy, EmblemHealth) discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act on underserved communities and how health ...

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#7: Advice for Healthcare Entrepreneurs – Dr. Toby Cosgrove, Cleveland Clinic from 2014-11-05T19:48:32

Cleveland Clinic CEO and President, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, sits down with StartUp Health CEO and co-founder Steven Krein at the 2014 Cleveland Clinic Medical Innovation Summit and shares his advice for...

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#6: Commercializing in Underserved Communities – Sense Health and CHCS from 2014-10-27T18:21:26

Sense Health CEO Stan Berkow is commercializing his digital health solution in underserved populations. Policy expert Rachel Davis of the Center of Healthcare Strategies explains how healthcare org...

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#5: The State of Digital Health Accelerators – Lisa Suennen, Venture Valkyrie from 2014-10-14T19:37:22

Venture capitalist and consultant Lisa Suennen shares the highlights from her new report on the state of digital health accelerators published by the California HealthCare Foundation.

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